Xue Qianyu had once told Gu Nian about his older sister, Xue Qianning.
Xue Qianning and Lu Zheng's older sister Lu Xue are about the same age. The two have been close friends since childhood. Even though Xue Qianning married far away and only came back once a year, their relationship did not grow distant. Instead, it became stronger and stronger.
The two exchanged letters every month.
However, the two people have completely different personalities.
Lu Xue is gentle, dignified, and poised, while Xue Qianning is more lively.
Xue Qianning's personality is like that of the Duke of Chengen. As a child, she played with whatever was fun. Before Princess Jinghe became a powerful female ruler in the capital, Xue Qianning was the female ruler.
As the niece of the Empress, she can be as arrogant as she wants as long as she doesn't do anything outrageous. Sometimes, even the royal princesses are no match for her.
Her personality is the complete opposite of her younger brother, Xue Qianyu. As quiet and reserved as Xue Qianyu is, she is incredibly eloquent. She is currently managing her husband's family business. She has a strong personality and is the undisputed leader in her husband's family. Yet, her in-laws and husband all respect her greatly, even to the point of being obedient to her. There's no way around it; since this daughter-in-law entered the family, their business has grown bigger and bigger. Who wouldn't be impressed by someone with such ability?
Xue Qianning's husband's surname was Li. Her husband loved reading and even passed the imperial examination, becoming a Jinshi. However, the officialdom did not match his ideal world. In addition, his elder brother, sister-in-law, and nephew all died unexpectedly. His parents, who had lost their son, were devastated and went home to be with them.
He met Xue Qianning when he went to the capital to take the imperial examination. He was good-looking, and Xue Qianning took a liking to him at first sight. Originally, Duke Chengen was not very optimistic about this son-in-law. However, after this young man passed the imperial examination and his sister decided to resign from her official post a few months later, Duke Chengen did not hesitate to pack up his daughter and marry her off.
Duke Cheng'en was thinking far ahead. His sister was the Empress, his son was favored by the Emperor, and if his daughter married someone in the court, who knew what would happen next? He didn't want to get involved in these complicated court affairs; he only wanted to eat, drink, and have fun. His son had no choice but to be the pillar of the family, but his daughter didn't have to!
His daughter didn't need to marry into a wealthy family; she could marry into a simple merchant family. Even if something happened to the Xue family, it wouldn't affect his daughter. And if nothing happened to the Xue family, they could always be a support for his daughter.
Therefore, upon learning that the young man was incompetent as an official and that his elder brother, sister-in-law, and nephew had all died, leaving only the two elderly people, Duke Chengen did not hesitate to marry his daughter off. Because of this, Duke Chengen's wife cried all night.
As it turns out, Cheng'en Gong's decision was correct.
In recent years, the Emperor has uprooted the Qu family and the Lin family, implicating countless people. If their daughter had listened to her mother and married the eldest son and youngest son of a certain family, they would probably be buried with grass growing tall by now!
When you get married, you see a wealthy and powerful family, but what about later?
They have an empress and a son who works at the emperor's court, that's enough for them. As for their daughter, they just want her to be happy.
Over the years, Madam Xue has been filled with lingering fear. Every time a family she had chosen for her daughter went bankrupt, she would pray for God's blessing, and the Duke of Cheng'en would call her stupid. Then the couple would have a huge fight, but afterwards they would ignore each other.
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