At her father's prompting, Ning Hong finally agreed to do her best.

He was inherently talented and had served as an official for quite some time. When he was serious, even though he still had a youthful face, his talent was undeniable.

Under the emperor's exploitation, in just two years, the national treasury gained several million taels of revenue, and that was net income.

This value was beyond the emperor's expectations.

I knew he was capable, but I didn't know he could be this outstanding.

The emperor was overjoyed and personally bestowed a marriage upon the two.

Furthermore, Ning Hongze was promoted to Minister of Revenue.

As for Jiang's father, he mentioned the position of Left Chancellor.

His speed of promotion was unmatched by any other official in the court.

If they had some complaints a year ago, they have all fallen silent a year later.

Ning Hong's performance was truly outstanding.

They finally understood why the Emperor had made an exception and promoted Ning Hongze, and they also understood why he had promoted Jiang's father. Damn it, this wasn't promoting Jiang's father at all; it was clearly using Jiang's father as bait to lure Ning Hongze into a trap.

Over the past year, Ning Hong has repeatedly improved tools and weapons for the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of War, thus earning their deep respect.

Let alone making him Minister of Revenue, they wouldn't have any objections even if he were made Prime Minister directly.

Jiang Cha and Ning Hongze's wedding was a grand affair. When they first got engaged, many people in the capital laughed at Jiang Cha for being naive and marrying a country boy. Little did they know that in such a short time, the country boy would transform into the Minister of Revenue, a second-rank official.

Most importantly, he is only eighteen years old this year.

Young and promising, handsome, with a bright future—

Three years after Ning Hongze took office, he held a wedding for Ning Anuo and Qian Duo.

The wedding was held at the Ning family's house.

Regarding this, Marquis Dingyuan and Jiang Yun felt somewhat strange.

They were both happy and a little sad, but they also knew very well that they had chosen Mingzhi over Ning Anuo. Now, it was only natural for Ning Anuo to choose to hold the wedding at the Ning family home.

Besides, Ning Anuo was happy, and the old lady of the Ning family was also happy, so they couldn't possibly do anything to spoil the mood.

A year ago, Mingzhi successfully proposed to Princess Ningzhu and brought her home.

This time, Ning Anuo's wedding was successfully completed thanks to Ningzhu's help to Jiang Cha.

No one expected that Ning Anuo would eventually marry Qian Duo.

After Ning Hongze became famous, the Ning family's secrets were also dug up. Moreover, neither family had ever intended to hide anything.

Later, almost everyone in the capital knew that Ning Anuo was the child who had been switched at birth.

Generally speaking, these two people should be adversaries, since Mingzhi had taken away his position as heir apparent.

What's intriguing is that the two of them have an extremely good relationship.

They can help each other and also complain about each other.

In short, the two families have a visibly close relationship.

The second prince had also tried to instigate two people.

However, Ning Anuo was too direct and couldn't be persuaded at all.

Ning Anuo had no interest in the position of heir apparent.

This is not nonsense, it's true.

He would rather be a doctor who saves lives than a prince.

This greatly annoyed the second prince. He even wanted to open the guy's head to see what was inside.

Of course, with Ning Anuo's affair exposed, Qian Duo's true identity could no longer be hidden. Hearing that Qian Duo was Ning Anuo's childhood sweetheart, especially since she was brought back from the countryside, almost everyone thought Ning Anuo would never marry her. After all, their social statuses were different.

Unexpectedly, Lady Hou agreed. So, she really doesn't care about the child?

If they cared, why would the two young men marry such different women?

One married a beautiful princess, while the other married an ordinary-looking country girl.

Even Ning Hongze, Mingzhi's own brother, was able to marry a girl from the Jiang family...

"Hey, aren't your parents a little too indifferent to you?"

Ning Anuo was happily being the groom when suddenly someone ran up to him and said these words.

The gist is that his parents don't really like him; having too much money isn't good.

Ning Anuo kept a sullen face, but the man became more and more smug as he spoke.

"Don't you think so too? How about this, I'll go all out today, make a scene, and ruin your wedding."

"What are you doing?" Ning Anuo sneered, her eyes filled with a ruthless glint as she looked at the man. Just as the man sensed something was wrong, she threw a punch at him.

"Screw him! I've been waiting for this day for so long! He finally managed to marry Duoduo, and now he wants to interfere..."

He didn't know why either.

I just like Duoduo.

Just like my brother once said, of all the waters in the world, he only loves Duoduo.

The man was stunned by the beating.

He always thought Ning Anuo was unwilling. If he had known that Ning Anuo liked money so much, who would have been willing to get involved!

Isn't this going to offend people?

When this person was kicked out of the Ning family, he was heartbroken and had no tears left to shed.

I feel like I've been cheated.

Regardless of what the people of the capital thought, the Ning family and the Hou family always got along very well.

Ning Hongze managed the Ministry of Revenue for thirty years, and the Anguo treasury never lacked money again.

Later, he even assembled a team and traveled overseas to search for high-yield seeds.

The team returned two years later, bringing back various drought-resistant and high-yield seeds, including corn and sweet potatoes.

This allowed Anguo to successfully weather its greatest disaster crisis.

After that, people began to leave for other countries intermittently.

However, pirates also began to proliferate.

Ning Hong then petitioned to establish a navy, which the emperor readily agreed to.

The national treasury is flush with cash; it can establish anything it wants.

In his past life, the emperor had devoted himself wholeheartedly to bringing peace to the country, but then a severe drought struck, and unrest broke out in various places, causing him to fall ill and be confined to his bed in a fit of anger.

The princes were fiercely vying for the throne.

Ultimately, with Mingzhi's help, the second prince successfully ascended to the throne.

Needless to say, the national treasury is full, and the people live in peace and contentment.

The Emperor was in a good mood, and every day when he saw Ning Hongze's furrowed brows, he was able to eat an extra bowl of rice.

Ah, no, he also felt quite sorry for his beloved Minister Ning—

Now that the Emperor is well, the older princes can't wait any longer.

The second prince couldn't hold back any longer and directly forced the emperor to abdicate, but unfortunately Mingzhi was prepared and captured him.

The emperor was, after all, his father, and he did not execute him, but instead exiled him to the imperial mausoleum, ensuring that his entire family would never leave the mausoleum for the rest of their lives.

This was a fatal blow to the second prince, and he died of illness in the imperial mausoleum in the second year after he went to guard it.

I heard he suffered a great deal before his death; it didn't seem like he was sick, but rather like he was poisoned.