There were too many people outside, so it wasn't very convenient to discuss matters.
Su Qiao tugged at him. "Let's go inside first!"
"Wait." Feng Han grabbed her hand in return.
"Little Gui."
"Yes."
Little Gui understood. He turned around and solemnly took out three Imperial Decrees in succession from the small wooden box held by a eunuch behind him, then began to read them aloud.
The moment everyone heard this, they hurriedly knelt again.
Only Feng Han remained standing at the courtyard gate with Su Qiao, without moving an inch.
The first Imperial Decree was issued to exceptionally confer the title of Princess Anning upon Su Qiao because of her invention of the Printing Technique.
The second was issued to exceptionally promote Su Yaohui to Doctor of Calligraphy because of his invention and compilation of the dictionary and Pinyin. He would be specifically responsible for teaching students how to learn Pinyin and for compiling the second half of the dictionary.
In Ancient Times, a Doctor of Calligraphy was an official specifically responsible for preserving documents and archives, compiling works, imparting knowledge, cultivating talent, and so on.
The third was an Imperial Decree granting a marriage, betrothing Princess Anning to Prince Rui as his Princess Consort, with the wedding to be held on an auspicious date.
When the three Imperial Decrees came down, the villagers were so shocked that their jaws nearly dropped.
They had secretly been discussing how the Su family didn't even think much of the marriage proposal from County Vice-Magistrate Zhou's family, and whether their standards were a little too high. It turned out that the Su family had long since found an even better match.
Prince Rui had come to the village before. At the time, they hadn't known his identity and had only assumed that