Amidst the eager anticipation of the ladies, young ladies, and young gentlemen of the county town, the carriage from the capital, accompanied by Magistrate Tang and others, slowly made its way to Yue Jiuyue's home in Linjiagou Village.
It was at this time that Yue Jiuyue finally understood why those people from the county town had come to give her money.
"By the mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees:..."
...By imperial decree, Lin Yue's family is hereby granted the rank of Eighth-Rank Yu'an Lady for the ninth month. This is the imperial order!
"Thank you for your great favor, Your Majesty!"
Good heavens!
Yue Jiuyue inwardly exclaimed, "Wow!"
She was granted the title of Ninth-Rank Confucian Scholar because of sweet potatoes, and now she's been granted it again because of cotton, right? This supreme ruler is clearly someone who won't act until he sees a tangible benefit. If it weren't for the good cotton planting and production this year, would she have had to wait until she made some significant contribution before she could be promoted?
Despite her inner complaints, Yue Jiuyue maintained a dignified demeanor on the surface, but inside she was beaming with joy.
Eighth rank!
She is already an eighth-rank Anren. If she causes something that benefits the country and the people, could she be promoted to a seventh-rank Yiren?
That would mean she would be on equal footing with Magistrate Tang. In that case, there would probably be no higher-ranking official in the entire county. Even if Magistrate Tang were to be promoted and leave one day, she could continue to live peacefully in the village without worrying about being bullied.
Therefore, she still needs to work a little harder to advance to the next level.
Of course, these things can't be rushed, and there's no use in rushing. After properly entertaining the people from the capital, filling all the carriages that had brought them there, and sending them off, Yue Jiuyue's house finally began to truly become lively.
It was the ladies and young women of the county town who took the initiative to visit Yue Jiuyue, the newly appointed eighth-rank lady.
After seeing off another group of people, Yue Jiuyue couldn't help but press her temples, feeling a bit dizzy and lightheaded.
She was most impatient with dealing with guests. People coming from the capital were gifts from the emperor, and they were all people close to the emperor. She had to be on her guard and deal with them properly.
As for the ladies and young women of the county town, although they were from the county town, none of the heads of their families held any official positions. Those who did hold official positions were direct descendants of their families. Even so, Yue Jiuyue dared not be negligent, yet she was filled with irritation.
When will people stop with all this empty formality? She doesn't even know those people; she just sees them as guests bringing her money. There's really no need for them to come and visit. After all, she's just a weak woman, not an official in the court. Even if she marries her daughter to her son, she'll just be a peasant's daughter-in-law. Would they really be willing to change their social standing like that? Just because of her current status?
this……
Something just doesn't look right.
But that's reality.
Since the people from the capital left, Yue Jiuyue has had people coming to visit every day, and they are all ladies from certain families who come with their daughters, nieces, or grandnieces.
If Yue Jiuyue still can't see through those people's intentions after such an obvious display, then she really has no brains.
Although she doesn't have much intelligence, her emotional intelligence is even lower than her intellectual intelligence.
Forget it, I won't complain anymore. Otherwise, she'll feel like she shouldn't have been born as a human, and to have a chance to travel through time and be reborn, does that mean she won't have this chance in her next life?
Although being human is tiring, she felt she couldn't accept being reborn as an animal.
No livestock dies of old age, and very few even leave behind a complete corpse. Although Yue Jiuyue didn't care about what happened after death, she didn't want to be a short-lived ghost, otherwise, wouldn't her life in this world have been in vain?
"Mother, I've noticed those important people coming to see you every day lately. Is there something they need?"
Lin Chaobei came over to ask this question not because he wanted to, but because his wife wanted him to.
He didn't know what was wrong with his wife, but she suddenly started paying attention to his mother. She talked about his mother all the time, which made him a little suspicious of his wife's true intentions in marrying him.
"It's nothing much, it's just that now that I've been promoted to the eighth rank, they've all come to inquire about you, Third Brother, trying to get information out of me, wanting to form a marriage alliance with our family."
Yue Jiuyue's words were like a thunderbolt to Lin Chaobei.
What?
When did his third brother become so popular? It turns out that a prominent figure in the county town even took the initiative to approach his mother to sound him out.
Is this fake?
"Tell me! Do you regret marrying me? If you hadn't married me, all those young ladies today would be your wives, and you could have married into a wealthy family in the county!"
Wang Xiaoxue angrily twisted Lin Chaobei's ear so hard it was almost twisted into a pretzel.
"Oh dear! Honey! I'm innocent! I absolutely never thought that! Please believe me this once! I really didn't mean it!"
Lin Chaobei was truly on the verge of tears. He had only gone to his mother's house to ask her a question, as his wife had asked, and yet he had suffered such an undeserved disaster upon his return.
Although, he did indeed have a daydream about it at the time.
However, he only had a fleeting thought, but he stopped thinking about it immediately. After all, Wang Xiaoxue was the wife he had finally managed to marry, and the two of them were still in the honeymoon phase, so how could he possibly regret it?
She wronged him!
But he couldn't resist or argue his case. He could only wriggle his hands carefully in his wife's palm, worried about hurting her hand.
"I don't believe it! You can't fool a ghost with that kind of talk! Even a three-year-old wouldn't believe it!"
Wang Xiaoxue was so angry that she put even more force into her blows. This man was like a dog; he would never listen to her and take care of the family if she didn't teach him a lesson.
"Wife! I'm innocent!"
Lin Chaobei was on the verge of tears. He tried to explain, but she wouldn't listen and even thought he was just making excuses. He really didn't know what to do!
I really regret it!
If he had known it would turn out this way, he would never have asked his mother what those people did. It was simply asking for trouble, like playing with fire.
Yue Jiuyue had no idea that the young couple on Dongling were now staging a farce in their new home, all because of her words, "I came to sound out that they want to become in-laws with our family."
However, even if she knew, Yue Jiuyue wouldn't be surprised, much less meddle in other people's business.
As long as the young couple doesn't have any major issues, they can handle other trivial matters on their own. The saying "quarrels at the head of the bed are made up at the foot of the bed" isn't entirely without reason. If nothing unexpected happens, the two of them will be living together for the rest of their lives, and they will encounter many more bumps and bruises in life. They can only learn to solve them on their own.
As for her, it's enough to take care of herself and not cause trouble for others.
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