The final result of the Ministry of Personnel's promotion was that Magistrate Qi was not transferred to the capital, but was transferred from a lower-level county magistrate to an upper-level county, and transferred to Linyi, Shandong to serve as the magistrate.
In late February, the list was drawn up and presented to the emperor by the Minister of Personnel Wan Shoufu. Wan An saw that Victor Cui was not on the list and did not pay much attention to it. He did not even know that Victor Cui had taken a few days off due to illness. After returning home, he only asked the housekeeper to arrange for someone to go to Cui's house to inform him that he was not selected for the position this time and would have to wait until the next month to be promoted.
Ryan Cui's cheeks were sunken and the skin from his cheeks to his chest was red, but he still had to stay strong to face the people from the Wan family. When he heard the news, he was angry again and went back to his room and couldn't get up. His wife was not by his side to take care of him, and she let several young concubines and illegitimate children who were usually too restrained to get close to her husband to please him by his bedside.
He didn't notice anything at first, but after lying down for two or three days, he almost recovered from his illness but didn't see his wife and son by his side. He finally felt uncomfortable. So he asked the concubine beside him: "Why is Madam not here? Where is Brother Heng?"
The concubine said softly, "Not long after the master fell ill, the lady went back to her parents' home. After that, she often said that she had something to do and didn't want us to disturb her. My second brother still had to study and didn't have time to come."
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