In the end, Xian Taiwen selected twenty noble ladies and directly ranked them, he really didn't have time to focus on gradually raising their ranks. All he wanted at this point was a child.
There were; two honourable consorts, four consorts, a couple of consorts-in-ordinary and the rest he just made honourable ladies. Whoever bore him a child first would be ranked the imperial noble consort. He didn't take away Wei Yun'er's rank just yet. He needed his hypothesis thoroughly confirmed before he made any other moves.
The imperial palace was full of celebration as these noble daughters married in one after the other. The inner courtyard become lively with all these noble butterflies around and everyone looked on with eyes full of expectations.
As was expected, Xian Taiwen started his mission of mindless breeding. He slept with a woman every two days but after four months the expressions of the people, the consorts in general and even the court ministers began to change.