When Mo Qian heard the news about the female lead, Han Yuanyuan, she was filled with emotion.
When the Third Prince was imprisoned, Han Yuanyuan was very worried and tried to find out more information.
However, due to the special status of the Third Prince and his mother, not only could they not get any information, but they also spent a lot of money.
Later, when Han Yuanyuan heard news about the Third Prince, it was when she was wanted by the authorities. She learned that the Third Prince and his mother had been kidnapped.
Afterwards, I felt somewhat lost and disappointed.
After all, she still had feelings for the Third Prince.
Later, as Han Yuanyuan grew older...
Han Yuanyuan's parents then wanted to find her a marriage partner.
However, because Han Yuanyuan had been somewhat high-profile and had a close relationship with the Third Prince, it was not easy for her to find a suitable family.
As for the princes who originally had some affection for Han Yuanyuan, the emperor, through his investigation of the third prince, naturally learned about the relationship between the third prince and Han Yuanyuan, which directly prevented Han Yuanyuan from entering the princes' residence.
As for the other families, they naturally gave up due to the obstruction of their elders.
If you can't find it at the top, lower the bar.
In the end, they found someone with a lower official rank than the female lead Han Yuanyuan's father, and they had to rely on Han Yuanyuan's father's family.
She married his second son.
Initially, Han Yuanyuan was unwilling to get married, believing it did not align with her principles and was an arranged marriage without any affection.
However, as she grew older, and since the household had been handed over to her sister-in-law, life had become somewhat difficult. Although they were not lacking in food and clothing, there were always some rumors circulating.
Although Han Yuanyuan was not afraid, she was still somewhat annoying.
Most importantly, in order to allow the country to recuperate and increase the population, the court required women to marry before the age of twenty, otherwise they would be assigned a spouse by the government.
Therefore, considering all these factors, Han Yuanyuan had no choice but to get married.
Because Han Yuanyuan had been resisting marriage and still had her heart set on the Third Prince, she inevitably wasted a lot of time.
When I was almost twenty, I was in a rush and couldn't find anyone suitable.
She finally got married before the deadline.
However, because she hadn't inquired in detail beforehand, Han Yuanyuan only discovered after marrying the man that he had a mistress.
Moreover, his mistress had already given birth to his eldest son.
Even if Han Yuanyuan wanted to regret it at this point, it was too late.
Half a month after the wedding, the concubine and her son entered the mansion.
Later, Han Yuanyuan, dissatisfied, started to fight with her mistress, which caused some unrest in the household.
Han Yuanyuan also faced dislike from her husband's family.
However, she endured it because of Han Yuanyuan's biological father.
After Han Yuanyuan caused one of her concubines to miscarry, and the evidence was irrefutable, the Ministry of Personnel could no longer protect Han Yuanyuan.
And so Han Yuanyuan's life became difficult...
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Twenty years later,
Osmanthus Courtyard
Since Mo Qian sealed off the Osmanthus Courtyard, it has never been opened again.
The courtyard, which was already somewhat dilapidated and desolate, has become more lively after people started living there, but its decay is still evident.
In the courtyard stood a man and a woman, their hair now streaked with white, their faces bearing the marks of time.
Although only twenty years have passed, the ravages of life have made them look much older than their peers.
"Dinner's ready," the old woman said to the old man.
"Understood." The old man put down the food he was holding, picked up the bowl of algae and bean rice, and began to eat.
He showed no emotion whatsoever towards the somewhat bitter seaweed and bean rice.
After calling out to the old man, the old woman also picked up her bowl of rice and began to eat.
However, while eating, both of them faced the direction where the sealed door was located.
It turns out that these two people were the former imperial son-in-law Pei Shangxuan and his sweetheart Zhang Wanniang.
Back then, after Mo Qian had someone leave the seeds behind, Pei Shangxuan and Zhang Wanniang looked at the seeds that had been thrown in with some confusion on their faces.
I wonder why they left these behind?
But later they realized that the reason they left the seeds was to allow them to be self-sufficient.
If you don't do it, you'll just be waiting to die.
It's better to live a miserable life than to die a good death.
Neither Pei Shangxuan nor Zhang Wanniang had the courage to commit suicide.
So later, they started growing grain.
Of course, during this period, due to the loss of his halo, Pei Shangxuan and Zhang Wanniang grew to dislike each other.
However, under the pressure of survival, the two had no choice but to rely on each other.
They tormented and relied on each other in this way.
From constant arguments to a cold and indifferent relationship.
While the two were eating, a bustling noise came from outside the Muxi Courtyard, which had never been visited before.
Upon seeing this, Pei Shangxuan and Zhang Wanniang put down their bowls and chopsticks, stood up from their stools, and walked to the sealed gate.
At that moment, a series of noises came from outside the gate.
A short while later, the gate, which had been sealed for twenty years, was opened from the outside.
A steward and a group of servants entered.
"The Princess has ordered you to leave," the steward said to the two.
"Leave? Let us leave?!" The old woman's face lit up with surprise upon hearing the housekeeper's words.
The wrinkles on her face had smoothed out a bit.
He seemed very excited.
"I...I won't leave!" In contrast to Zhang Wanniang's happiness, Pei Shangxuan looked somewhat fearful.
Ten years ago, he was thinking of leaving this place, not wanting to be trapped in a courtyard.
But now, he no longer has that thought.
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