A Powerful Minister's Remorse Is Worthless

In the thirty-fifth year of Jiading, the Lin family was caught up in a tragedy in the imperial harem and fell from grace overnight.

Lin Ruolan happened to save a Jinlin Guard officer on duty twice. When her father and brothers were in danger and her clan tried to force her into a marriage, the officer appeared out of nowhere and said he would marry her.

Ruolan had nearly been driven to take her own life. His promise to marry her brought her back from the depths of despair, and she resolved to serve her husband well and show respect to her parents-in-law.

But married life was nothing like she had imagined.

Her husband's family was highborn, while her own father and brothers were disgraced.

Her husband's childhood sweetheart had died, and her death seemed to be connected to Ruolan's father.

And it turned out her husband had been forced into agreeing to the marriage in the first place...

Ruolan gritted her teeth and endured.

Until one day, her husband brought home a woman without a word.

At last, her heart turned to ash.

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With a princess for a mother and a marquis for a father, Jiang Xun wielded great power over the Jinlin Guard by the age of twenty-three.

When he was young, he nearly drowned while playing around. His cousin, who had desperately pulled him ashore, later died an untimely death. Jiang Xun never stopped investigating the truth, and paid little attention to his own marriage.

Then he was forced to marry Lin Ruolan, the daughter of a mediocre doctor.

Jiang Xun owed her a great debt for saving him twice. He did not repay her kindness with cruelty, but marrying her and protecting her was all he had to offer.

As they spent more time together, he came to realize that, despite her gentle appearance, she was remarkably resilient.

He watched her teach her mischievous younger siblings, care for her stubborn elders, and calmly lead everyone through danger when the household suffered a great calamity. Before he knew it, his heart had fallen for her.

Just as he hoped to keep their peaceful, tranquil life going, news came from the palace that the Empress Dowager had appointed her as a female official.

Then he watched her hand him a letter and walk away without looking back.

Jiang Xun opened the letter in confusion. The words