He wasn't entirely unsure if Wan Ge was the person Jiang Jin loved, but seeing so many similarities between her and himself, Jiang Ran didn't know whether he should take action. It was as if he saw another version of himself in this woman.

He wouldn't like a girl like that, but he would feel a sense of sympathy for her.

…

That day, on the city wall, the Eldest Princess, Wan Ge, and Jiang Jin watched Jiang Ran's carriage leave.

The eldest princess smiled with relief: "Mother is right, you and Xiaoran are really different."

My mother has a really good eye for people. She knows what kind of person my father is, and she can even see through little Ran and Jin.

"I heard that you and your husband are planning to go to the northern frontier to see the snow,"

"I've heard the scenery is incredibly beautiful, so I'm planning to go see it. However, the journey is quite long, so I'd like to ask you to take care of Yao Yao for a while." The princess nodded again.

"Okay, bring plenty of warm clothes. Send me a message if anything happens."

"Don't worry, kid. We're all adults, how could we not take care of ourselves?"

After the eldest princess left, Jiang Jin looked at the spot where his elder sister had gone and ordered his bodyguards to send more people to protect them.

They had only heard that the snow scenery in the northern border region was incredibly beautiful, but they didn't know the dangers it contained. Jiang Jin was genuinely worried.

Although he felt that his elder sister was different from others, she was still different from him. He was fine with those situations because he had been on the frontier for many years, but his elder sister and the prince consort had been pampered in the capital city, and he was really worried about them.

Wan Ge tied the cloak she was holding around his neck: "It's getting cold now, Your Majesty should take care of yourself."

"I'm not cold." He had long since developed the physical resilience to cope with all kinds of weather while stationed at the border.

Their capital city rarely sees snow in winter, let alone now that it's only autumn, so this kind of weather is nothing to him.

Wan Ge looked at his thin body and was still a little worried.

Jiang Jin took her hand and felt that her fingertips were a little cold: "Are you feeling cold?"

Jiang Jin rubbed her hands together again, then held them in his arms: "Let me warm your hands."

Looking at Jiang Jin like this, Wan Ge smiled and replied, "Alright, then thank you very much, Your Majesty."

Jiang Jin lowered his head and whispered in her ear, "I still prefer you to call me husband."

…

Three years later, after Jiang Jin became emperor, he changed many policies and improved the living standards of ordinary people without endangering other powerful families.

Many of the policies implemented will lead to a win-win situation for both sides. Unbeknownst to many, they will improve the overall level of development.

The gap between the rich and the poor exists everywhere, and it is almost impossible to bring them to the same level.

But Jiang Jin unknowingly made the aristocratic families feel that their living standards had improved, and similarly, the living standards of the common people had also improved.

At the same time, he and some craftsmen developed some new weapons and different equipment, which made it easier for the soldiers on the border to fight, and directly drove the invading countries to their knees.

With less war, the living standards of the people in the border areas have also improved.

The people's support for the emperor grew stronger, and their opinion of him improved.

However, Jiang Jin has been married for almost four years and still has no children. Many people wonder if there is something wrong with the Empress, so they have started urging the Emperor to choose a new concubine.