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Chapter 1203: Chapter 101: The Wang Family Promoted to Fifth Grade! Lici’s Congratulatory Gift (Requesting Monthly Votes)_3 Chapter 1203: Chapter 101: The Wang Family Promoted to Fifth Grade! Lici’s Congratulatory Gift (Requesting Monthly Votes)_3 In just a few days.

The wedding procession arrived at Changning Wei at an auspicious time.

Due to the great distance between the two parties, and the fact that Longzuo County lacked imperial properties, many members of the imperial family and young people from Return to Dragon City were visiting the Wang family for the first time. They were immediately astonished by the scene before them.

In their minds, Longzuo County was a new and undeveloped region, inferior in population and prosperity to the central regions. Although they knew that Longzuo County had been developing well in recent years, they thought this was only because Longzuo had a thin foundation, making it easy to achieve noticeable improvement.

Regarding the Changning Wang Clan, although it had become very prominent in recent years, they still subconsciously felt that a family from a remote new commandery, no matter how wealthy, could only be so rich.

Until today, when they saw with their own eyes…

This was no run-of-the-mill countryside family; this was clearly a family of wealth and power that dominated the region!

Not to mention anything else, just the nearly complete Large Gathering Spirit Array was enough to shock them.

This was an array that covered an entire town, spanning dozens of miles! Even regular third-class aristocratic families wouldn’t possess such a scale of Spirit Gathering Array, would they?

Among prominent families, only two of Grade Four had a Spirit Gathering Array of such scale.

Moreover, on the Wang family’s land, apart from traditional buildings, there were several towers at least ten zhang high, each occupying hundreds of acres surrounded by lakes and gardens. A rich variety of Spirit Plants flourished, making the environment extremely comfortable.

What was most striking were the enormous floor-to-ceiling glass windows on the outer walls of these towers, allowing people inside to enjoy all kinds of beautiful views.

“These restaurants near the main residence are for entertaining honorable guests,” young ones from the Wang family proudly introduced to the visitors. “They are novel in design, very clean and comfortable, and each features a complete Array System for energy drive. You can precisely control the lighting and temperature in each room and have a continuous supply of hot water and delicious food for twelve hours a day. There are also various entertainment facilities inside…”

“Additionally, there’s a flying carriage landing site on the roof of each building, allowing esteemed guests to enter and leave the restaurant directly from the roof.”

These novel designs once again opened the eyes of the visiting members of the imperial family.

Although the Clan House of the Imperial Family had its own restaurants and inns, and even some branches of the imperial family operated their own, some of which were renowned top-tier establishments, they were accustomed to those—the high grade was mainly due to the provision of high-quality Spirit Food and Training Quiet Rooms. What new and ingenious ideas had been applied to the creation of these Wang family restaurants, each crafted with such unique ingenuity?

Even without having stayed there, just from the descriptions, one could imagine how comfortable it would be to live in these restaurants.

When the wedding party arrived at the entrance to the Wang family’s main residence, It was then that the people of the imperial family realized that the archway at the entrance of the Wang family’s main residence was more than five zhang tall and was as white as jade. Carved on the pillars of the archway were various designs such as snow swans, immortal cranes, and patterns of rhinoceros horns and turtle scales.

It was well known that according to the laws of Da Qian, the archway of a Grade Six Prominent Family should be four zhang high, not exceeding four and a half zhang, and the carvings should depict black birds and flying fish.

The archway before them clearly met the standards of Grade Five Prominent Families!

Everyone knew that these archways, which represented the status and grade of the family, could not be privately constructed. They had to be carved and cast by official craftsmen, and detailed records were kept of the materials, labor, and the precise dimensions, specifications, and patterns used in the process.

If someone made one privately, it would be easily detected.

It was impossible for the Wang family to take liberties with such an important matter.

Clearly, the Wang family had, at some point, already been promoted to a Grade Five Prominent Family.

Furthermore, the characters on the plaque at the top of the archway were strong and vigorous, arguably not of ordinary make.

Sharp-eyed members of the Clan Relatives quickly recognized that it was in fact Emperor Longchang’s handwriting!

Although during his rule of over three thousand years, Emperor Longchang had indeed produced many pieces of calligraphy, and his works were preserved among the imperial relatives and second and third-grade prominent families, it was rare for him to write plaques himself.

Let alone writing on such a symbolic archway.

The Wang family was promoted to Fifth Grade, and the plaque was inscribed personally by His Majesty—what an honor!

For a moment, the perception of the Wang family’s position in the heart of the emperor was elevated among the imperial household members.

But what they didn’t know was that, initially, according to Wang Shouzhe’s wishes, it didn’t matter whether they achieved the promotion to Fifth Grade or not.

Emperor Longchang, however, disagreed. He argued that the Wang family already had such strength but clung to a Rank Six title, which, if spread, would make it seem as though he, the Emperor, was suppressing prominent families.

Besides, for a “mere” Rank Six Prominent Family to marry two Little Princesses, was that appropriate?

Originally, the Emperor wanted to promote the Wang family directly to Grade Four and perhaps bestow a Marquis title upon Wang Shouzhe, but Wang Shouzhe had refused.

His family had risen from Rank Nine all the way to Fourth Grade in such a short time—it was really too ostentatious. Rising to Fifth Grade was enough for now; Fourth Grade could wait.

As for whether to accept a marquis title or not, Wang Shouzhe felt even less necessary.

The Wang family’s foundation was still too shallow—they didn’t even have a single person with Godly Power Battle Strength. What was the rush?

Moreover, apart from receiving a fixed annual stipend from the Three Talents Section as a marquis, it was mostly about having a good sounding name, a larger head start when leaving the house, and being able to keep a larger scale of household guards. In Wang Shouzhe’s view, this held little practical significance.

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