The Second Sister of a Farmer's Family's Path to Imperial Destiny

The Pei family was able to survive the changes of dynasties not only because it had a large number of powerful members, but also because different branches would always choose different people to follow when the imperial power changed.

In this way, when that branch stands right, it will become the main branch, and the wrong branch will not be beheaded for supporting the wrong person, but will be protected by the Pei clan members and temporarily avoid the limelight. After the limelight passes, it will rely on the clan members of that branch to slowly climb up.

Now, the Pei family is facing such a situation again.

That year, Concubine Jing'an entered the palace first, and soon became pregnant with the third prince. At that time, women from several major clans were constantly vying for favor in the palace, in order to avoid a vacancy for the Pei family.

At that time, Pei's court officials found an excuse and sent the current Shufei to the court in order to consolidate Pei's power in the harem.

However, the emperor had his own considerations at the time and did not allow two women from the Pei family to be pregnant with royal seeds at the same time, for fear that the Pei family would dominate.

However, when Concubine Jing'an gave birth to the little prince, Concubine Shu used some tricks to pretend that she was accidentally pregnant with the dragon seed. When the imperial physician felt the pulse and found out that it was a little prince, Concubine Shu was not asked to abort the baby.

That little prince is the current fourth prince Zhao Sheng.

Pei Yuan's branch is very close to Concubine Jing'an's family, and they also support the third prince together. However, for some reason, Concubine Jing'an's family was suppressed by Concubine Shu's branch and it is difficult for them to survive in the clan.

For this reason, the Third Prince could only rely on his own brother to earn money to win over his power.

Concubine Jing'an was quite resentful towards Pei because of this, but she could not do anything. She was just a woman, and to put it nicely, she had a place in the harem, but that was just a bonus from Pei, and she had two princes, which pushed her to this position.

If we put all these aside, what would she be?

Zhao He looked at the note in front of him and thought about the distribution of various forces in the capital. He felt upset and sighed, "Even if I leave the cage of the capital, I still have to help deal with these things. It's really annoying!"

Pei Yuan was stunned and said, "Maybe it will be better after the turmoil ends?"

"Wait? How long do you have to wait?"

No one knows how long it will take to replace a new emperor. By the time they help the new emperor stabilize the government and cultivate new confidants, decades will have passed in a flash. By then, they will have been old. Where else can they go?

The two sat quietly for a long time.

Zhao He was the first to break the silence and said, "I'll go look for Miss Guo."

……

Guo Xin was not in Suining City at this time, she returned to Guojia Village.

She saw that the hot pot restaurant business in Suining City continued to be booming, the wine shop business in Yong'an County was also stable, and the workshops in the village were also slowly expanding because they relied on the stores.

The family was considered wealthy in the city, so she thought of bringing her elder sister to live in the city and buying a small courtyard so that they wouldn't have to live apart. This way, she wouldn't have to worry about her elder sister being bullied by some people in the village when she was alone at home.

Although her uncle has now been sent to the government office and she has asked her acquaintances to help him stay in the house for most of his life, she is still worried that her eldest sister will be bullied by others.

Therefore, this time when I returned to the village, I planned to bring my eldest sister back to live in a small courtyard in the city, and to educate Uncle Liu's family at the same time.

In this way, he would have his own confidants in the village, and he would not have to worry that the village’s industries and his own blue brick house would be in a mess after he left the village.

"Uncle Liu, Aunt Liu Guo, are you home?" Guo Xin and Guo Ruo came to visit early in the morning, carrying a basket of eggs.

Aunt Liu Guo was feeding the chicks in the chicken coop outside the house. When she heard Guo Xin coming, she put down the chicken feed in her hand and walked over to greet her, "Xin'er, Ruo'er, why are you up so early? Why don't you sleep a little longer?"

Guo Ruo smiled and said, "If you have any questions, please find uncle and aunt."

Aunt Liu Guo came out and saw that they were carrying a basket of eggs. She exclaimed, "Oh my God, why did you bring so many eggs? They are so precious. You have to take them when you leave. Although you are much richer now, you have to be thrifty and not waste them like this."

"Auntie, take it. We need your help with something. Even if I take the eggs back, there are only two of us at home. How much can we eat? It will be a waste." Guo Xin advised with a smile.

Although they came this time to make Uncle Liu's family their confidants in the village and help manage the workshop and take care of the blue brick house, in the eyes of Aunt Liu Guo and others, it might be pie in the sky.

Uncle Liu looked at the two girls in front of him and felt very unbelievable. These little girls were the ones who needed their protection some time ago, but just over half a year later, they had grown into wealthy people in the village. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they were landlords.

He even has stores in county towns and provincial capitals, and manages hundreds of people. Now he still has to flatter girls who are several years younger than him.

"Ruo'er, Xin'er, I wonder why you have come here so solemnly?"

Uncle Liu said a little awkwardly, not as comfortable as before. After all, his children were working under Guo Xin. If she was unhappy, wouldn't he lose his job?

Guo Xin looked at Uncle Liu's changes and knew why, but he had no choice but to ignore it. This was an inevitable change and he said, "Uncle Liu, I want my eldest sister to follow me back to the capital city."

"But if this happens, there will be no one in my village who I know and trust to help manage the workshop and our house, so I wanted to ask you for help. I wonder if you are willing to help?"

Uncle Liu was somewhat flattered, and said cautiously, "But your grandparents have brothers and sisters. If you want to call them, they should be Second Grandpa and Fourth Grandpa."

"There are many people in their family. Since you became rich, they have been dissatisfied that you did not arrange jobs for them, but came to us instead. Now if we help you manage the workshop, I am afraid they will not be happy."

Guo Xin heard the hidden meaning in these words, which was nothing more than worrying that after they took over, they would be troubled by those relatives whom she hardly remembered.

But she could even send the original owner's grandmother's son to jail, so why should she be afraid of those distant relatives?

Just as I was about to say something, I heard Aunt Liu Guo say, "Xin'er, don't listen to your uncle. We are not afraid of anything. We are willing to do it!"

Uncle Liu patted Aunt Liu Guo on the shoulder. Aunt Liu Guo glared at him and said, "Don't ruin my sons' good fortune. If you don't want to go and worry about this and that, forget it. I'm not afraid! If they come to my house, I'll beat them out!"

Guo Xin looked at Aunt Liu Guo and smiled. She liked Aunt Liu Guo's temper, so she agreed directly.