Hearing this made me feel a little better.

"If that's how you put it, sir, it seems like this is a good marriage?"

"Lin Ziqi has the talent to become a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations), and he is also my student. Over the years, he has been visiting and learning from me. With my connections to support him in his future official career, how bad can he be? The Chancellor of the Imperial Academy is at least a fifth-rank official. My eldest daughter is more than a match for him, who is a commoner. If he is smart, he will promote Wan'er to a high position."

Hearing this, Cui felt more at ease, and she told her husband what Qin Wan had said to her.

"Wan'er said that Lin Ziqi will surely rise to prominence, achieve great success, and become a high-ranking official. Sigh, has this child gone mad?"

Qin Jijiu frowned. Although he didn't understand why Lu Wan praised Lin Ziqi so much, he said in order to make Cui Shi feel better, "Although Lin Ziqi's family is poor, he studies hard and never stops. He is resilient and will surely achieve something in the future."

But whether they can rise to prominence, achieve great success, and reach the highest ranks of officialdom remains to be seen.

After all, hard work and perseverance alone are not enough.

Qin, the former Imperial Academy Chancellor, once aspired to serve the country, but after recognizing reality, he relied on his wife's family's reputation and influence, and despite his best efforts, he only managed to become an Imperial Academy Chancellor. He was neither the best nor the worst off; he knew many top-ranking scholars who had passed the imperial examinations, most of whom had experienced ups and downs in their official careers, taking things as they came, and some were even worse off than him.

Cui turned over and fell into a deep sleep.

In the darkness, Qin Jijiu breathed a sigh of relief.

He was afraid that Cui Shi and Qin Wan might do something rash and offend Lin Ziqi and Qin Yuan.

What's done is done, so let's not create any more complications.

As long as the Marquis of Dingbei's family is his in-law, whoever marries into the family will be his daughter.