Li Changming and the others would go into the city to deliver goods to Baiweilou from time to time, and they had heard others discussing this matter in the city.
At that time, they thought that the head of Chang'an County was so powerful that he could recognize the emperor as his adoptive father. But they just discussed it for a few words. After all, this was too far away from them, and they never thought about any intersection.
Now He Yunxi mentions the county owner——
"Yunxi, do you know the county chief?" Li Changyun asked.
He Yunxi felt that what he said was very obvious, and the Li family should have guessed it. But it seemed that this idea was too incredible for them, and they had never thought of this possibility.
"More than just acquaintance," she said, "the head of Chang'an County is me."
The Li family were all shocked, and the bowl in Li Zhigui's hand fell to the ground.
"Yunxi, you, what did you say?" Li Changfu couldn't hold his tongue straight, "Are you the head of Chang'an County?"
"Yes." He Yunxi nodded, "The imperial edict of canonization is still in the room, as well as the jade plaque of Chang'an County Lord and his official and court uniforms."
The Li family looked at me, I looked at you, and then we all looked at He Yunxi. No one could recover from the information He Yunxi brought.
Before, they thought that the head of Chang'an County was far away from them. How come he turned into their girl in the blink of an eye?
Li Chengyue was five years old when He Yunxi came. She had grown up with He Yunxi and was relatively close to her. She jumped up, threw herself on He Yunxi, and said excitedly: "Fifth sister, are you really the head of Chang'an County?
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"Yes. If you don't believe it, you can take a look at the imperial edict of canonization." He Yunxi said with a smile.
"Can we really watch it?" Li Changfu blurted out.
Li Yan tugged at his clothes. What was he doing? Can the imperial edict issued by the emperor be read casually?
Li Zhifu came back to his senses and said, "Oh, I can't look at it, then I won't look at it."
"It's not like you can't look at it." He Yunxi said, "I'll get it."
Just as she was about to get up, Lu Yan beside her pressed her hand: "I'll go."
Lu Yan also knew where the imperial edict was placed, and quickly brought in a bright yellow box.
"Yunxi, is this the imperial edict?" Li Zhigui asked.
"Yes, Grandpa."
Li Changfu looked at the box and asked curiously: "Yunxi, I heard in the play before that the emperor's edicts are to be enshrined. If you put them in the box like this, won't you be blamed by the emperor?"
Li Changming frowned: "Second brother, did you go to the theater?"
Is this second child a bad learner because he has a little money? If it is true, then as the elder brother, you have to teach him a lesson.
Li Changfu cheered and said: "How could I go to a theater? This is not the last time Chenghe and I came to the city to deliver goods. The weather was getting hot, so we went to the teahouse to drink a bowl of tea and listened in the lobby.
That’s what the storyteller said.”
"Really?" Li Changming asked.
"Of course it's true. If you don't believe it, you can ask Chenghe!" Li Changfu said.
"Chenghe, right?"
"Yes, Dad. My second uncle and I each have a bowl of tea and two copper coins for each bowl of tea." Li Chenghe is relatively dull, doesn't talk much, and usually doesn't attract much attention.
But everyone knows that he is a man who cannot lie.
After hearing what he said, Li Changming stopped holding on to Li Changfu.
"So, this imperial edict is really going to be enshrined? Yunxi, if the emperor knows about this, he won't blame you, right?" Liu Yan asked worriedly.
"Mom, it's okay." He Yunxi said, "This is the emperor's secret decree. The father-in-law who delivered the decree said that it doesn't need to be enshrined. He specially gave this yellow box to contain the decree."
"Oh, that's good."
He Yunxi opened the box and took out the imperial edict inside. The moment they saw the edict, all the Li family members knelt down.
He Yunxi knew that this was the respect for the emperor that was engraved in their bones.
They lived in the age of imperial power, and the supremacy of imperial power was deeply ingrained in their thoughts.
It is estimated that only she, an outsider, would not think that this imperial edict is sacred.
After they finished saying long live the emperor, she asked them to get up and opened the imperial edict for them to see.
Li Zhigui attaches great importance to learning, and Li Changyun will teach everyone how to read when he comes back, so everyone has no problem reading the imperial edict. Even if they can't read all the characters on it, they still recognize He Yunxi's name and the four characters for Chang'an County Lord.
"Really!" Li Changfu subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch the imperial edict, but Li Changming patted him back.
Can this edict be touched?
His hands are the hands that cultivate the soil. Don’t get the imperial edict dirty!
It took the Li family almost two quarters of an hour to accept that He Yunxi was the head of Chang'an County.
"Yunxi, does the emperor recognize you as his adopted daughter because of what you did last winter?" Li Changfu asked.
"That's part of it." He Yunxi said, "I have never met the emperor, and he suddenly issued this secret decree and said that he would accept me as his adopted daughter. I only found out about it after getting the imperial decree."
"No matter why, it's a good thing that the emperor recognized Yunxi as his adopted daughter." Li Zhigui said, "But, Yunxi, have you got any kind of jade certificate?"
"Dad, what is a jade certificate?" Li Changming asked.
"I don't know either, but I have heard it before, and it seems that only those who have received the royal jade certificate are considered to be truly royal." Li Zhigui said.
"The royal jade certificate is actually the family tree of the royal family." Lu Yan explained at the side.
"The jade ultimatum is the family tree. No wonder you can be called a member of the royal family only if you have the jade ultimatum. This is the same as if we don't have the genealogy, we are not considered the Li family." Li Changming said.
Lu Yan nodded: "Yes."
"So Yunxi, did you get the jade certificate?" Liu Yan asked.
"It's done." He Yunxi said, "The father-in-law who came to announce the decree said that the royal family will choose an auspicious day to write my name on it."
In fact, when Liang Jinxi was there, he told her that the emperor had written her name on the jade certificate. From now on, she would be a real member of the royal family.
"That's good."
"So, since Fifth Sister is the head of Chang'an County, we don't need to be afraid of that Wen Tongzhi, right? If he dares to come, we will take out Fifth Sister's identity and crush him to death!" Li Chengyue said.
"It's not possible either." He Yunxi said, "The reason why the emperor issued the secret decree is that no one else knows who the head of Chang'an County is. He only knows. I don't want others to know my identity."
"Why?" Li Chengyue was puzzled, "The emperor is your adoptive father, why can't you tell others your identity directly?"
"One is because the various forces in the capital are very powerful. I am the county leader who suddenly appeared alone. Once someone knows my identity, will those people come to me? Others are trying to win over me, and I have offended others. What's the matter?
What to do?" He Yunxi said, "There is also an enemy in the Lu family who is more difficult to deal with. He hunted down my mother-in-law and husband. If my identity is exposed, my husband and mother will also be exposed."