Ding Yun had no objections to the arrangements for Empress Ronghua and her son. For one, she didn't want to go through the trouble of orchestrating the emperor's demise again, and secondly, she wasn't worried about her own ability to endure for two to three years, so she was indifferent.
As for the three imperial decrees left to her by the Empress Dowager.
Considering that the three imperial decrees would essentially become void after the Empress Dowager's death, or at least be troublesome to use if they still held any validity.
Ding Yun therefore took the initiative the next day to investigate the individuals related to the original owner by kinship, regardless of the closeness of their blood ties. She looked into their current circumstances and whether they were suitable to be granted the title of County Princess.
For instance, if someone was not a good person to begin with.
Granting them the status of a County Princess would be akin to aiding and abetting evil.
Or if someone's situation was dire, but they were inherently weak-willed and lacked the resolve to resist.
Giving them the title of County Princess would be useless.
After a thorough investigation, Ding Yun finally selected three suitable candidates. One was the matriarch of her maternal clan, meaning the wife of the current clan elder.
She was not directly related by blood to Ding Yun.
However, she had the authority to oversee all the wives and married women of Ding Yun's maternal clan. Most importantly, Ding Yun found the young woman to be of good character and prone to meddling in others' affairs. She was willing to advocate for justice for married women in the clan who were wronged and to support the newly married wives. Overall, she was fair and impartial.
She didn't favor one side over the other.
Granting her the title of County Princess would serve as encouragement.
Another candidate was the great-granddaughter of her elder brother. She was rumored to have brought misfortune to her fiancés after his death, and subsequent suitors were also unsuitable. In a fit of anger, she decided to become a nun, or rather, a Daoist nun.
Over the years, she hadn't done anything particularly remarkable. She used her dowry to purchase land and adopted abandoned female infants and disabled male infants.
Ding Yun held a certain degree of admiration for such a person and felt that bestowing the title of County Princess upon her was entirely reasonable.
For the last County Princess title, Ding Yun deliberately played favorites and reserved it for the great-granddaughter of her sixth brother. Ding Yun had helped raise her sixth brother's mother for a few years back then, and she had the deepest affection for her sixth brother. Furthermore, his lineage was already sparse, and now only this single descendant remained.
For emotional, logical, and personal reasons,
Ding Yun felt obligated to reserve the County Princess title for her, to ensure her a lifetime of security and to honor the sibling bond.
Once the final candidates were decided, Ding Yun quickly wrote down the three names and sent someone to inform the Empress Dowager. She then dispatched the three imperial decrees.
Along with the three imperial decrees,
She also sent her words of encouragement and rewards.
She primarily hoped that the first two recipients would continue on their current paths with renewed vigor. She also intended for them to distribute the assets Ding Yun had accumulated over the years. The largest portion was given to the one who adopted orphans, as a form of sponsorship. The other two were to share the remaining assets equally, to at least benefit from the association.
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Chapter 975: High-Imitation Life Treasure Bottle (15) Free Reading. If it came to extermination of the clan, there would be no way to be implicated.
It was difficult not to suspect that someone had influenced Noble Consort Gui, or that Noble Consort Gui, being elderly, had become somewhat muddled, to grant such a distant relative the title of County Princess!
"It is said that the reason for bestowing the County Princess title this time was primarily due to Noble Consort Gui's contributions, so she was allowed to choose who to bestow it upon.
Logically speaking, shouldn't she have chosen individuals who would benefit the clan? Generally, a County Princess is already considered a suitable match for a Prince's heir, and marrying into families of Earls or Marquises is easily achievable. Therefore, they should have selected a few descendants of marriageable age to be enfeoffed as County Princesses.
This would maximize the benefits.
However, the three chosen by Noble Consort Gui are problematic: the matriarch has grown children, the Daoist nun is over forty, and the great-granddaughter of her sixth brother, while young, is only eight years old this year. Moreover, she specifically requested that the child inherit the family business as a female head, which seems to offer very little benefit to the clan.
"Could it be that Noble Consort Gui simply didn't want her descendants to marry into those noble and aristocratic families?
This is why she made this decision.
After all, she herself has survived by keeping a low profile, from the Jianwu era all the way to the present, through seven or eight emperors. Yet, she has always remained unbowed.
Therefore, maintaining a low profile doesn't seem like a bad thing.
"Then why is she suddenly being so high-profile now..."
"Oh, why can't you all see it? Noble Consort Gui granting the County Princess title to her clan matriarch clearly shows that she approves of the matriarch's actions over the years. Granting it to the Daoist nun is in recognition of her years of accumulating good deeds. Her actions are clearly encouraging family members to do good deeds and promoting harmony within the family.
"In my opinion, Noble Consort Gui is truly pitiful. She spent so many years and achieved so much, yet because she has no children, the benefits can only be distributed to her relatives and clan members.
Some of them are even relatives she has never met.
Honestly, if I were her,
I would be so angry I'd die."
"That's true. If she weren't a Noble Consort, she could have adopted a child to carry on the family line. An adopted son is still a child. This achievement would have earned her adopted son a very high noble title, at least a Marquis."
"Why aren't you saying that it's fortunate she has no children? If she had children, her energy would have been consumed by them, and she wouldn't have produced such high-yield, superior breeds.
Moreover, if she had children and achieved such great accomplishments, the Emperor would likely have been wary and suspicious of her royal descendants, and her descendants might have had their own ambitions.
This would not be good for the country or the people.
So, although the current situation might be somewhat unfair to Noble Consort Gui, it is indeed the best outcome." Da Feng Novel Network
"Alas, no wonder some people become listless when they have no children, but start working hard after having them. When one thinks that the fruits of their labor might be taken by relatives, who would have the motivation to strive!"
"Who says not? Let's go back..."
"Why go back so early!"
"To have children!"
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