It is an eternal and inconvenient truth that if you divide for a long time, you must be united, and if you divide for a long time.

After several years of warfare, the Central Plains region was finally ruled by two of the most powerful countries, the Xiliang Kingdom and the Zhu Zi Kingdom. Although there are some forces in the surrounding area, they cannot shake the authority of the two great powers at all.

Xiliang is a rich country, the monarch is sage, and he cherishes the people.

In addition, in recent years, the sky has been beautiful, the grain harvest has been bumper, and the whole country has been prosperous.

The people are even more peaceful and courteous, and they are thriving.

Although the capital is the most prosperous city in the center of political power, this is not the case. Where there is a struggle for power, there will be turbulence. No matter how holy a monarch is, he can't stop his courtiers' desire for power.

The Jiang family, a family that helped the king fight the world, after the world was stabilized, the monarch gave the head of the Jiang family the title of Marquis of Changping. At present, the Jiang family is the third generation to inherit the throne.

The current marquis of the Jiang family is Jiang Yannian, and his father, the marquis Jiang Hongze, still has some ideas about the official career, and has helped the former monarch deal with many tricky things, and has won the trust of the monarch.

But Jiang Yannian has always been not very interested in official careers, and when he was young, he was forced by his father to be an official for a few years, all of them were Qingshui Yamen, although this is the case, but the emperor recognized Jiang Yannian's ability very much, and there were several major matters that Jiang Yannian was entrusted to deal with. As a result, the emperor was very satisfied.

In fact, the emperor didn't give Jiang Yannian a chance, but gave it many times, but Marquis Jiang didn't want to cherish it, of course the emperor understood Marquis Jiang's wishes, and he didn't force it. Therefore, Jiang Yannian's official position has not been high.

Later, the old marquis Jiang Hongze was gone, Jiang Yannian simply resigned and went home, and the emperor also approved it happily. In fact, after so many years, the emperor has long understood that Jiang Yannian's goal in life is to be an idle marquis, so he will go with him.

Now Marquis Jiang is even more excessive, he rarely asks about things at home, and often goes out to visit teachers and friends, and travels to the mountains and rivers.

Jiang Yannian originally had a wife, married the daughter of the Protector Mansion, this family affair is the Jiang family's Gao Pan, the main reason why the Protector agreed to the marriage is that Jiang Yannian is a good person, he doesn't like court fights, and he is willing to be an idle marquis.

Because of his personal experience, the protector did not like his children to be involved in disputes in the court. But fate just likes to joke with you, who would have thought that the more the protector didn't want to do this, the more God would arrange it for you, and his youngest daughter would actually become the queen of the dynasty.

If all goes well, the grandson of the Duke of Protector, that is, the crown prince of the dynasty, will be the next prince.

The Protector does have a good vision, and after marriage, Jiang Yannian and his wife live in harmony, but it's a pity that the daughter of the Protector is thin. died of illness within a few years of marriage, and Jiang Yannian continued to marry his current wife.

The current Mrs. Houfu Yun Xue is from the Yun family, the Yun family is the supplier of royal clothing, the head of the family Yun Chengyuan, Yun Xue is not Yun Chengyuan's sister, but a distant cousin.

The Yun family is kind, and they are not short of money, but thinking of the friendship of the family, they took Yun Xue in.

A big family like the Yun family can't treat the women to be married in the family at all, and if you raise them well, you will definitely be able to marry a good family in the future, and the Yun family will just give a dowry, but the daughters of these families will be the help of the family in the future.

The Yun family has treated Yun Xue as an equal since she was a child, just like the eldest lady of the family, without any bias. Yun Xue herself is very beautiful, and she has to let the Yun family take a few looks, but Yun Xue is not spoiled and coquettish, and she has always missed this kindness.

Later, when Yun Xue was sixteen years old, Jiang Yannian came to Jiangnan to do things at the behest of the emperor, and met sixteen-year-old Yun Xue by chance.

At this time, the old marquis is gone, if the old marquis is here, how can he let the merchant girl enter the door to be the wife of the Hou Mansion. But Jiang Yannian is a person who doesn't care about worldly ideas, as long as he is happy.

It stands to reason that a Hou Ye wants to marry Yun Xue, although it is a continuation of the string, but it is not a concubine, it is the wife of the Hou Mansion, it should be a very happy thing, but the Yun family is unwilling, because things are complicated in the capital, and the Yun family can't help it.

Yun Chengyuan's idea is that he really wants his cousin to marry a good family, which can help the Yun family, and any big family in Jiangnan is good.

But the capital is too far away, the Yun family has no power there, all the help is mutual, and the Hou Mansion does not seem to be a simple place, if the Yun family can help Yun Xue, Yun Xue can stand on his feet, and in turn help the Yun family.

The most important reason is that Lu Yannian is twelve years older than Lian Xue. And there is also a two-year-old son born to a former wife at home. Yun Chengyuan has little confidence in his cousin handling this complicated family relationship alone.

Objectively speaking, Yun Chengyuan's worries are very reasonable, there is not only an age gap here, but also a class gap, so Yun Chengyuan once made it clear that he did not approve of this marriage.

But Yun Xue is willing, although with her beauty in Jiangnan, she does not worry about marrying a good family, but her contact with Jiang Yannian made him see a different world and a different life.

Maybe because Yun Xue has been an orphan girl since she was a child, she lacks a sense of security many times, when she sees an opportunity to be on top, she will definitely fight for it with all her might, and this time she still has the opportunity to take the initiative to send it to the door. I will definitely not give up.

Facts have proved that after Yun Xue got married, it was the Yun family who benefited the most, and now the Yun family is not only a supplier of royal clothing, but also a comprador of imperial grain. In recent years, the Yun family has also been in the limelight among the imperial merchants.

After Yun Xue married into the Jiang family, she gave birth to three children, and the eldest daughter, Jiang Yaoyao, was already married. The second son, Jiang Xi'an, has not yet married a wife. The third daughter, Jiang Xinxin, has also been married. Not yet out of the cabinet.

The future successor of the Jiang family is the eldest son Jiang Qingchen, who is currently twenty-four years old and has not yet married a wife. Of course, if the old marquis was here, it would not be today's situation.

The so-called various reasons, in fact, are that Jiang Qingchen is ***, and the drama of the royal struggle for the throne is bloody, until the last moment, who knows who will have the last laugh, Jiang Qingchen's marriage has become a royal dowry for power.

The reason why Jiang Qingchen is *** is very simple, that is, his biological mother and the prince are relatives, according to the generation, he should call the ** of the dynasty his aunt, and he has been the prince's companion since he was a child, and he grew up together. Even if you say that you are not ***, no one should believe it.

Jiang Qingchen is different from his father and grandfather, at least they can choose whether to enter the court bureau, Jiang Qingchen is a little pitiful, he has been designated as the prince's companion since he was a child, and passively entered the court bureau.

Yun Xue has been under the fence since she was a child, although the Yun family is very good to her, but this kind of environment will cultivate people's emotional intelligence very high, so marrying into the Jiang family for all these years, it can be said that everything is going smoothly, and she gets along with her stepson happily, I can't say how close the relationship is, but at least it is definitely in the past.

Of course, the main reason is that there is no very complicated family relationship within the Jiang family.

Jiang Yannian is very fond of Yunxue.

Everything seems to be going smoothly, but Yun Xue also has some worries in her heart, after all, the prince is twelve years older than her, and he will always go before her, although with her understanding of Jiang Qingchen, she will not do anything excessive, but there is no guarantee what kind of person Mrs. Hou will be in the future.

What's more, the son born by himself knows that Jiang Xi'an is really the biological son of the Hou Ye, not only is he very similar in appearance, but he also has the same personality, and he has no interest in his career, but fortunately, he doesn't like to play in the mountains and rivers, and he has a great interest in business.

Every time Yun Chengyuan entered Beijing, Jiang Xi'an could talk to this uncle for a long time, mainly because of the way of doing business.

In the future, if she is counting on her own son, Yun Xue is not confident. It's not that the son is not filial, but that his personality is too freewheeling. I have to figure out my own way in my old age.

Yun Xue's current knowledge is no longer the young lady of the Yun family back then, she is the lady of the Hou Mansion, she has seen a lot of changes in the world in the capital, although the wealth is all floating clouds, but who would not want to live a good life.

Therefore, Yun Xue has been thinking about it in her heart, hoping that the Yun family can have a suitable daughter, and through the status of the prince, she will marry into the capital, and she will definitely help find a good family, so that she can rely on more in the future. The relationship with the Yun family will not be broken.

Objectively speaking, Yun Xue became the wife of Houfu, and naturally there were many people in the Yun family who were envious, and even some relatives who were not familiar with Yun Xue in the Yun family before would deliberately bring their children to the capital and have a relationship with Yun Xuela.

Of course, Yun Xue understands that many times, helping others is also helping herself, but if you want to marry in the capital, your appearance and character are almost not good, otherwise this will not only ruin your reputation, but also harm other girls for a lifetime.

Yun Xue has always had what she thinks is the right person in her heart, that is, Yun Chengyuan's youngest daughter Yun Xiangrong, although she only lived in the Hou Mansion ten years ago, but at that time, she could already see that Yun Xiangrong must be a beautiful embryo.

Later, I heard what the relatives of the Yun family said, Yun Xiangrong is indeed very beautiful, although she is very pampered, but her temperament and temperament are all beautiful women, think about it, the daughter of the head of the Yun family, of course, will receive the best upbringing since she was a child.

The pampered daughter of a wealthy family, everyone will only worry that she is too simple and will be bullied by bad people, but they will definitely not worry about her extreme behavior, because it is impossible.

Yun Xue also tried Yun Chengyuan's idea many times, after all, he wanted to marry into the capital back then, Yun Chengyuan disagreed, this time it was his only daughter, and it was not possible to agree.

Although the current Yun family is not the same as the Yun family back then, the Yun family also has its own power in the capital, and Houfu is the backing of the Yun family.

As Yun Xue expected, Yun Chengyuan still disagreed, the main reason was that he was such a daughter and didn't want to be too far away from him.

Although Yun Xue was a little disappointed, she also understood that she also had two daughters, and she was reluctant to let them marry far away, among which the younger daughter was even more exaggerated.

There are a lot of things that really can't be forced, but it's always okay to fantasize about them.

With that in mind, the opportunity came.