Huo Lindong’s real name should be Xiao Lindong. The ancestors of the Xiao family were the founding heroes of the Jin Dynasty. The Xiao’s ancestors were canonized as County Duke by the founding Emperor of the Jin Dynasty. The title was inherited in descending order from generation to generation.
When it was passed down to Huo Lindong’s grandfather, he became a second-rank County Duke1郡公, jùn gōng: title, translated County Duke. His father was titled as the heir very early. If nothing unexpected happened, his father would become a second-rank County Duke2县公, xiàn gōng: title, also County Duke when he inherited the title.
Since the death of the ancestor of the Xiao family, the Xiao family has withdrawn from the center of power. Fortunately, the Xiao family still had a title, as well as countless gold and silver jewelry that the ancestors saved during their time in the country. In Wuhe Province, the Xiao family was still very prestigious.
Huo Lindong’s grandfather gave birth to six daughters, and Huo Lindong’s father was the only son. The problem of difficulty in childbirth was also passed on to Huo Lindong’s father. Before he was born, Huo Lindong’s father had given birth to four daughters.
Huo Lindong was the eldest son of the Xiao family, and he was also a child obtained with great difficulty.
Because she was born from a merchant’s family, Huo Lindong’s biological mother was sent to the county government as a plaything before and then was promoted to a concubine. Huo Lindong was brought by his grandfather so that he could educate him personally.
But the concubine was just a concubine after all. After his father’s main wife gave birth to his legitimate son, he, the eldest son of the concubine, became the most annoying existence.
His grandfather and father, who originally valued him, gradually ignored him due to the existence of his legitimate grandson/legitimate son.
In just a few years, Huo Lindong experienced poisoning and assassination, and finally he was kicked out of the county government on the charge of murdering his brother.
Huo Lindong thought that the family would never come back, but now the second steward appeared in front of him with the same attitude.
“The Young Master was infected with smallpox and unfortunately passed away. Now there are only twelve young ladies left in the mansion. The Old Duke asked this old slave to take the Eldest Young Master back to the mansion. The Old Duke has never forgotten the Eldest Young Master in these years. Knowing that the Eldest Young Master was not in good health, the Old Duke tried his best to invite the Chief Physician Liu, who had retired from the hospital. After the Eldest Young Master returned home, he would ask Physician Liu to diagnose his pulse and prescribe some prescriptions for recuperating the body.”
It was particularly difficult for the heirs of the Xiao family. There were only two males in this generation, Huo Lindong and Xiao Linnan. When Xiao Linnan was alive, Xiao Lindong was not important. Now that Xiao Linnan was dead, Xiao Lindong had become the only heir to the Xiao family.
“Died?”
Huo Lindong smiled sarcastically. It was at this moment that those people would think of his existence.
But Physician Liu…
Huo Lindong glanced at Jiang Wu beside him. His father-in-law said that Ah Wu’s illness was brought from her mother’s womb. The doctors in the county said that there was no cure. But if it were a doctor with better medical skills, would he be able to cure Ah Wu’s illness?
Huo Lindong had no idea about the Xiao family’s title or property. If it were him before, he was afraid that he would be more willing to go back to the Xiao family and then destroy the Xiao family. Just like how he treated the toy that was snatched away by his younger brother. He only had the desire to destroy things that had been touched by others.
But things are different now. He has something he wants even more.
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Translator’s Little Encyclopedia:
The translator limited the rank only to Standard Non-Imperial Titles.
Noble Rank
In principle, titles were downgraded to one grade for each generation of inheritance.
- Direct imperial princes with the Eight Privileges were downgraded for four generations, after which the title can be inherited without further downgrades.
- Direct imperial princes without the Eight Privileges were downgraded until the rank of feng’en jiangjun, which then became perpetual.
- Cadet line imperial princes and lords were downgraded until they reached feng’en jiangjun, which could be further inherited three times before the title expired completely.
- For non-imperial peers, the title could be downgraded to en jiwei before becoming perpetually heritable.
The noble titles were inherited through a system of loose primogeniture: The eldest son from the peer’s first wife was usually the heir apparent, but inheritance by a younger son, a son of a concubine, or brother of the peer was not uncommon.
Standard Non-Imperial Titles
The following are the nine ranks of the peerage awarded for valour, achievement, distinction, other imperial favour, and to imperial consort clans.
- Gong (公; gōng; ‘duke’), often referred to as min gong (民公; mín gōng; “commoner duke”) to differentiate from the imperial guo gong (國公; guó gōng; “imperial duke”). Translated as “Duke” or “Non-Imperial Duke”. The title jun gong (郡公; jùn gōng; “commandery duke”) existed from around the Cao Wei period until the early years of the Ming dynasty, along with xian gong (縣公; xiàn gōng; “county duke”).
Gong (公): a term of highest respect, certain rulers (typically senior in the ancestral temple to the royal house), a term of address for any ruler within their own state, any ancestor within their own ancestral shrine, the highest government ministers.
- Hou (侯; hóu; ᡥᠣ ho), translated as “Marquis” or “Marquess”.
- Bo (伯; bó; ᠪᡝ be), translated as “Count”.
The above three ranks are chaopin (超品; chāopǐn), outranking official ranks. The following ranks were all evolved from leadership ranks in the Manchu banner army, originally called ejen (額真; “lord” or “master” in Manchu) and later janggin (章京; “general” in Manchu).
- Zi (子; zǐ), translated as “Viscount”.
- Nan (男; nán), translated as “Baron”.
- Qingche duwei (轻车都尉; 輕車都尉; qīngchē dūwèi), translated as “Master Commandant of Light Chariot”, roughly equivalent to a commander of a chivalric order.
All of the above ranks are subdivided into four ranks; in order: first-rank, second-rank, and third-rank.
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Lucien On ABRWF Chapter 34.1
He doesn’t even think about what going back would mean for him first he thinks of ah wu getting seen by the physician 🫶