Lin Ge's feelings towards Lin Xian were complex, although she was much older than Lin Xian and had already married when Lin Ge came of age, this sister still overshadowed her forever.

  The servants of the Duke's mansion would often mention her, the second young lady, with admiration and respect in their eyes. Her nanny would also compare herself to "the second young lady". Every time Lin Xiang returned to her maternal home, the masters and servants of the Duke's mansion would all get excited together. Even the old Duke who had always doted on her thought that Lin Xiang was the daughter he could be proud of.

  So towards this Jiang Xi who looked like Lin Xian, Lin Rong felt disgusted on one hand and thought she could be used to gain favor on the other.

  Isn't it always said that the Emperor has deep feelings for Lin Xian? The Emperor treats the Lin family and the Crown Prince so well, and Lin Wei also believes that the Emperor has deep feelings for Lin Xian.

  She then told the Zhongshan Hou Fu that they should take care of them as if they were people from Jiang Er's first wife's family, and bring them into the mansion to be well taken care of. Then, send Jiang Yi into the palace. However, those few people without background are just a bunch of insignificant clowns, how can they not be controlled? With them in hand, even if Jiang Yi enters the palace, he wouldn't dare not listen to orders.

  At that time, she had another idea in mind, sending Jiang Xi into the palace, making Lin Daiyu miserable.

  Lin Yan really has a lot in common with Lin Xian, so she is just as annoying. It's not that the two people look or behave similarly, but rather the feeling they give off. In terms of appearance, although the two are aunt and niece, there is almost no resemblance between them. As for their personalities, they are even more different - Lin Xian is cold and arrogant, while Lin Yan is warmer and more introverted.

  But as long as they are there, they will make the Lin family involuntarily trust and value them, making the servants admire and adore them. Even if they haven't done anything remarkable, they just have this ability. With them around, other women in the Lin family can only live in their shadow.

  It's really hateful, disgusting and jealous.

  Lin Jin's eyes flashed with a hint of disgust, but she quickly curved the corners of her mouth into a smile and said: "By the way, Cai Ren, I forgot to tell you some good news. The young master is going to be appointed as a ninth-rank official in the Ministry of Revenue, and my uncle is overjoyed. He's planning to make a big show of it and wants to achieve something that will bring honor to your face..."

  Jiang Xi's heart tightened, and his hand on the quilt quietly clenched into a fist.

  His father was just a pedantic scholar who didn't understand human feelings, and as a Confucian scholar, he could offend people everywhere. He had no idea about the ways of officialdom and would only be used by others to cause trouble.

  His father's temperament, Shan Hou couldn't have been unaware of, yet he still allowed him to enter the officialdom. Essentially, he wanted to use a small official position as a consolation for his father, while on the other hand waiting for him to cause trouble and then covering for him, before seizing the opportunity to threaten her.

  They're trying to tell her that in the palace, she must obey and listen carefully, otherwise they can make her father die without a complete corpse and leave a stench for ten thousand years.

  When her grandfather passed away, her grandmother brought them back to the Zhongshan Hou Mansion, saying she wanted to take back the property that belonged to her father. She knew this was like going into a wolf's den to fetch a wolf cub. In the past, Old Master Zhongshan had intentionally caused an accident to kill her grandfather and great-grandmother just to monopolize the property. Now, how could he possibly return the property to them? The most likely outcome would be that Master Zhongshan would kill them again.

  Grandfather changed his surname and hid his name for fear of being killed by the Zhongshan Hou Mansion.

  But since Father got into trouble, the family lost a lot of money and owed a large debt, after falling into difficulties, Grandma seemed to have lost her mind and insisted on coming back.

  But what she didn't expect was that after Zhongshan Hou saw her, not only did he not do anything to them, but instead warmly acknowledged their relationship and returned the property to them.

  She thought at the time that Zhongshan Hou must have other plans, but later she found out that she looked like Yuan Hou, so Zhongshan Hou planned to send her into the palace to gain favor and benefits for himself.

  She had heard of Yu Hou's deeds, born into a family of generals, assisting the emperor in ascending to the throne, with a reputation for virtue spreading far and wide, but she never thought that she would look like Yu Hou.

  Later, Lin Wei told her the story of Yuan Hou and the Emperor, teaching her to learn the expressions and eyes of Yuan Hou. Then she fell in love with the deeply loving but short-lived emperor and empress in the story, hoping to become the woman that the emperor would never forget.

  She thought it was the will of heaven, this was the fate given by heaven, she looked like Yuan Hou, heaven guided her to return to the capital after Yuan Hou's death, and let Zhongshan Hou take a fancy to her.

  It was heaven's arrangement for her to enter the palace and replace Yuan Hou, continuing this beautiful marriage with the Emperor.

  She clearly knew she would become a pawn of the Marquis of Zhongshan, but she still entered the palace without hesitation. She wanted to go to the man who dominated the world, perhaps he was waiting for her arrival.

  Everything went smoothly when she entered the palace, but it was not smooth after entering the palace. She looked so much like Empress Yuan, but the emperor did not favor her deeply, and even the little empress of Changchun Palace could not attract his attention.

  Not only was she disappointed, but the Zhongshan Houfu was also somewhat disappointed. They had sent her into the palace with a purpose that had not been achieved as they had expected. Several times, they used her father, mother and grandmother to threaten her, urging her to gain more favor from the Emperor as soon as possible.

  Fortunately, she is now pregnant and they are finally a little satisfied with her.

  Lin Ge took her hand again, with a relieved expression, and smiled: "Look at me, I forgot to congratulate the talented person, finally pregnant with the imperial heir. At first, I told Hou Ye's mother that the talented person has great luck, so we must work together to help the talented person. I hope this pregnancy will be a boy, and I also hope that the talented person will rise to prominence and not forget to bring Hou Fu along. Hou Fu and the talented person should support each other, don't you think?"

  Jiang Xi also smiled and said, "Yes, I dare not forget the great kindness of Master Hou and his wife. Without the Hou Manor, there would be no me today. I always remember the kindness of the Hou Manor." She emphasized "always" a bit heavily, which seemed to carry a hint of resentment, but she quickly discovered her emotional leak and added, "Besides, one brush can't write two characters, we are all family, sister-in-law says isn't that right?"

  Lin Jin nodded and said, "It's right for you to think this way, Uncle and Aunt will also be very pleased to know that you can think this way. Uncle said the other day that if he had known earlier that Lord Hou treated his brothers with such kindness, they should have returned to the Hou Mansion earlier. Lord Hou said that it's good that they're back now, and from now on, Uncle's family will stay in the Hou Mansion forever, and the Hou Mansion will take good care of Uncle's family. By the way, Lord Hou has also found a teacher for your younger brother to teach him how to read, so that he can take the imperial examination in the future and help you and the young prince."

  She was again threatened by her family, Jiang Xi's heart hated to grit her teeth, but on the surface she still had to smile and pretend to be grateful, Jiang Xi felt that her face was about to become stiff.

  Lin Jin looked at her with satisfaction, seeing that she had finally been intimidated, and then said: "By the way, I have something to trouble you with. Er Ye has a great ambition, wanting to serve the imperial court, but unfortunately, he can't find an opportunity. If you could mention it to the emperor..."

  Jiang Xi didn't want to hear her continue, interrupting her by saying: "I will tell the Emperor, but state affairs are not something a single imperial concubine like me can arbitrarily influence. Whether it succeeds or not depends on the Emperor."

  Lin Man was satisfied and said, "As long as talented people have this heart, it's good."

  It's not that Madame Zhongshan told her to tell Jiang Xi, but although Zhongshan Hou claims to love Er Ye the most, he won't find a way for Er Ye to get an official position. On the other hand, he always helps Da Ye, who is weak and sickly, in every possible way. Since that's the case, she might as well help Er Ye come up with a plan herself.

  Later on, Second Master will know who is the one he can trust.

  After Lin Wei left, Jiang Xi carefully wiped the hand that Lin Wei had held with a handkerchief, then fiercely threw the handkerchief to the ground.

  Her eyes blazed with fierce anger, her heart seething with hatred that almost made her gnash her teeth.

  Just wait and see, one day she will trample all these people under her feet and return the humiliation she has suffered without missing a single bit.

  She asked the palace maid: "Where is the Emperor? Where did he go today?"

  The palace maid replied cautiously: "She went to Changkun Palace."

  Jiang Xi was angry again. After she became pregnant, the emperor did not show more favor to her. He only came to sit in her palace every other day, without any further indication.