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Chapter 810: Many Cheats 131
In fact, Shen Yuanniang, who was marrying for the second time, could have married into the family before her husband got married. The reason she didn't marry him was that, firstly, she didn't know whether Concubine Wang would develop as in her dream. What if it didn't develop like that? Wouldn't she be at a disadvantage if she married into the family? At least she married the son of a loyal and brave baron. Even if he didn't pass the imperial examination, he was still the son of a nobleman and she wouldn't suffer any loss. Secondly, she had never been married at that time. With her status as a countess, she could have married a good man. But if she married the son of a fifth-rank official, her father might not agree. After all, she was not like Shen Erniang, who had a bad reputation and could only choose the son of a fifth-rank official.

Shen Yuanniang didn't get married because it was difficult to get married back then. Now she is divorced and the man is a widower, so they are a good match, so she can marry him.

Speaking of which, although Shen Yuanniang was happy that she didn't pass the imperial examination, in her eyes, the other party was as useless as her ex-fiancé, and she felt that she had married for nothing. The illegitimate son of the Loyal and Brave Marquis divorced, but because it was the illegitimate son of the Loyal and Brave Marquis who proposed the divorce, not her - she didn't dare to mention it after being scolded by the Earl of Jing'an - Shen Yuanniang couldn't help but get angry, thinking that you are a illegitimate son, you didn't pass the imperial examination, you became a high official, and your conditions are not good at all, and you dare to despise me and want to divorce me? Such a situation naturally made Shen Yuanniang angry.

At that moment, Shen Yuanniang could not help but curse the loyal and brave uncle's son, saying that he would never be able to pass the imperial examination and would always be a rotten person, while she, if she married well, would become the daughter-in-law of a third-rank official in the future. This would make her so angry that she would die.

——She may not know that Zhongyong Bo Shuzi has dreamed of passing the imperial examination and becoming a high-ranking official. He has now worked hard and is more diligent than before. I am afraid he still has a chance to pass the imperial examination. If Zhongyong Bo Shuzi passes the imperial examination and becomes a high-ranking official, she doesn't know how angry she will be. After all, how could he pass the examination just after divorcing her? Isn't this infuriating?
Although Earl Jing'an felt that Shen Yuanniang's conditions were average when it came to marrying the son of a fifth-rank official, he was now angry that Shen Yuanniang had caused trouble in Earl Zhongyong's mansion, which led to her divorce from Earl Zhongyong's concubine's son. He was also embarrassed to see Earl Zhongyong because he had raised such a troublemaker daughter. So he didn't care much about her affairs and let her marry whoever she wanted - as long as the other party was willing.

At that moment, Earl Jing'an asked the other party about his opinion. Seeing that a daughter of an earl was willing to marry the son of a widower with children, the other party naturally agreed. After all, with their family's conditions, how could they possibly marry the daughter of an earl? Even if the daughter was not an unmarried girl, but a divorced girl, she was not someone their family could marry.

Because the other family was willing, Shen Yuanniang got married soon.

Both Shen Yuanniang and her boyfriend were getting married for the second time, so neither of them would hold a big wedding ceremony. So the family just had a meal together and got the wedding done. It was a very slow process compared to a first marriage, which was completely different.

Linlang was speechless when she saw Shen Yuanniang remarrying in a flash. However, when she thought about the fact that the man she married was the relative of Concubine Wang's nephew in her original memory, she understood why Shen Yuanniang wanted to marry that man. She probably wanted to wait for that man to become rich with the help of Concubine Wang, and then she could live a good life.

For a family that became wealthy thanks to Concubine Wang, Linlang had no intention of reminding them not to marry Shen Yuanniang. After all, the two of them were like-minded and Shen Yuanniang would not be considered a threat to them.

Shen Yuanniang was also happy to get married so quickly because soon this man's sister would marry into Concubine Wang's family, and then their family would become prosperous. Shen Yuanniang was also afraid that the longer she got married, the more trouble she would have. Even though this family was about to become prosperous, they would cancel her engagement and marry a girl with better conditions. That would be bad, so getting married quickly was naturally a good thing.

And just as Shen Yuanniang knew, her husband's sister soon married Concubine Wang's nephew.

The reason why Concubine Wang was so favored and her nephew married only the daughter of a fifth-rank official was also normal, because Concubine Wang had only been a concubine for a few years, and she was the only favorite in the harem only after she gave birth to a child. Before that, she had not been the only favorite in the harem. Because the favor had just begun, although Concubine Wang's family became prosperous with her becoming a concubine, the degree of prosperity was still limited. They just relied on Concubine Wang and worked as idle officials.

But soon, Concubine Wang's family will hold real power, and Concubine Wang's father and brothers will be granted titles and become extremely powerful.

But that is a matter for the future. Right now they are just idle officials without any title, so it is already very good to marry the daughter of a fifth-rank official. Otherwise, they were born as peasants - if their family conditions were not poor, Concubine Wang would not have entered the palace as a maid. Who would want to marry the daughter of a wealthy family in Beijing? You have to know that their son was an illiterate village man before. They were in a hurry to marry their daughter to Concubine Wang just because she was favored. Don't want to be laughed at for currying favor with the powerful.

Many of the wealthy families in Beijing were indeed people who sycophantic, but they also had to save face. They felt embarrassed to give themselves over to an upstart in such a shameless way, so they gave the chance to Shen Yuanniang's husband's family. They were not in a high position and were not a wealthy family, so as long as they could get benefits, they had nothing to be embarrassed about, so they married their daughter to him.

Not long after Shen Yuanniang's new husband married her sister, Concubine Wang's family became prosperous - although Concubine Wang was not the queen, the emperor still conferred a title on her family.

In this dynasty, under normal circumstances, except for the empress, the families of other concubines would not be granted titles. At most, giving them some minor jobs was considered a great reward. After all, there were so many concubines in the palace. If those with higher status were all given titles in their families, wouldn't titles be excessive? Therefore, except for the empress, the emperor generally did not grant titles to the families of concubines.

But there are exceptions. Sometimes when a concubine is particularly favored, the emperor will make an exception.

Although the emperor would certainly be remonstrated by his ministers if he did this, the fact that he did it showed that he was not afraid of the ministers' remonstrances at all.

Just like this time, the emperor conferred the title of earl on Concubine Wang's family - only one level lower than the title of marquis on the empress's family. It is estimated that if the empress's family had not been conferred the title of marquis, it would not be easy to let Concubine Wang be on equal footing with the empress's family, otherwise the emperor would have conferred the title of marquis on them too - naturally, memorials of advice from the court came in like snowflakes, all urging the emperor not to make such an exception.

It is said that with this exception, future generations will follow suit. I don't know how many noble titles will be created due to nepotism. If this goes on for a long time, noble titles will become worthless, and the court's expenses will increase. It will also dishearten those meritorious officials who have worked hard for the court to get the titles. After all, they were awarded the titles because of their huge contributions to the court. As for people like Concubine Wang's family, they got the titles just because they had a favorite concubine. In the long run, who would be willing to work for the court? They would all try to take shortcuts and send their daughters into the palace. After all, once they are favored, they will have the title, which is much easier than going to the battlefield or worrying about national affairs.