Those words!
Naturally carried profound implications.
It was not just the civil and military officials throughout the court who looked baffled.
Even Liu Jing himself was stunned.
"Please enlighten me, Your Majesty." Liu Jing respectfully bowed.
"Your Liu family's daughter is none other than the Marquis of Victory's wife, Shen Yu'er."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and turned his gaze toward Zhu Ying.
This time,
Zhu Ying had requested that his wife be allowed to return to her ancestral roots, and Zhu Yuanzhang naturally did everything he could to make it happen.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not care about Shen Yu'er's background, under the prevailing customs of the Ming Dynasty, agriculture was valued while commerce was disparaged, and merchants held the lowest status.
Shen Yu'er's reputation as the Shen Family's adopted daughter did not have much of an impact for now.
But once Zhu Ying regained his identity in the future, if the Imperial Eldest Grandson's consort came from a merchant family, it would somewhat affect the royal family's standing. That was why Zhu Yuanzhang had been so determined to make this happen.
"The Marquis of Victory's wife is Liu Bowen's granddaughter?"
"That is rather interesting."
"Wasn't the Marquis of Victory's wife, Shen Yu'er, said to be Shen Wansan's daughter?"
"Now it seems that was not the case."
"So she was actually Liu Bowen's granddaughter."
"Still, the Marquis of Victory does not seem to have close ties with the Shen Family. It appears that although his wife grew up in the Shen Family, she received no care there. Instead, she was treated like a servant girl and given no kindness at all."
"For the Liu family to place their daughter in the care of a merchant household back then was truly a mistake. Merchants pursue profit; they really went too far..."
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