The Qing Kingdom governed the world through the virtue of filial piety. When the heroic and martial Emperor took out that much silver from the national treasury to build a tomb for the empress dowager, the Scholars Shu and Hu only expressed superficial worry. Fan Xian did not bother to concern himself about it at all.
Sun Jingxiu was celebrating his mother's birthday on her behalf. Thus, it was much more important than his own. It was only with this excuse that he invited Fan Xian. When Sir Fan junior actually walked through the front doors of the manor with Princess Chen, it was still difficult for Sun Jingxiu to suppress his excitement.
