As the luncheon drew to a close, Patriarch Li Tianheng suddenly rose and announced, "Wang, Li Yunyue's concubine, is virtuous and gracious. She shall therefore be elevated to Secondary Wife, and five days from now, we shall hold a wedding ceremony and celebratory banquet."
Although his mother-in-law Wang knew that her status would rise as her son-in-law grew stronger, she was still overwhelmed with excitement when she heard the patriarch's announcement!
Li Zhenxin was equally excited. Although the lineage patriarch greatly valued her talent for formations, her status as a concubine's daughter had always left her feeling inferior in the Li Household, unable to hold her head high among her fellow clansmen and women.
Although the distinction between children of wives and concubines was not particularly pronounced in cultivation lineages, there were still considerable differences in status and treatment.
Once her mother became a Secondary Wife, she would become a legitimate daughter of the lineage. Although this no longer meant anything in terms of material benefits, at least her status would be equal.
Liu Changxu felt little upon hearing Li Tianheng announce this important decision. If anything, he thought the Li Household had made it rather late.
In fact, the Li Household should have elevated Wang to Secondary Wife when they chose Li Zhenxin to marry Liu Changxu as part of a marriage alliance.
After all, Liu Changxu was the legitimate son of a Foundation Establishment cultivator! For the marriage alliance to be on equal footing, the Li Household should have married off a legitimate daughter, or at the very least elevated Li Zhenxin's status. Yet they had not done so, which was something of a breach of etiquette. That was why Li Yunyue had given Liu Changxu the Yin-Yang Harmony Art as part of the dowry.
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