A lazy bum transmigrates and marries a eunuch – it's awesome!

Under normal circumstances, there is no need to choose, as in-laws are natural allies.

With such a high position and great power, even the princes look up to him. With such a son-in-law, he doesn't need to choose anyone else.

The problem is that Xiao Yuan is a eunuch.

Neither of them would be captivated by their own daughter's beauty, nor did they have children to serve as a bond between the two families.

This relationship is far too fragile; if something were to happen to the Jiang family one day, Xiao Yuan might not even bother with him.

However, if he ignored this marriage relationship and firmly stood on the side of the Left Prime Minister, he was afraid that the officials on this side would ostracize him.

After all, Xiao Yuan is his son-in-law, and no matter how much he denies it, others will still doubt his stance.

You don't even need to deliberately make things difficult for him; just exclude him from the group.

What are the motives behind forming cliques and engaging in self-serving activities?

The point is to support and help each other so we can go further. If you're left out, what's the point of being in this industry?

If Jiang Huai has no ambition and just wants to be an honest official and live a quiet life, that's fine. He just needs to state his position and stick with the Left Chancellor.

At least he's Xiao Yuan's father-in-law, so Xiao Yuan's people might not dare to touch him.

To avoid discouraging his followers, the Left Prime Minister will likely only handle the situation calmly.

Although there's no hope for promotion, there's enough for retirement, so it's not a bad outcome.

However, Jiang Huai has always been arrogant and power-hungry.

At his age, he should be striving for success; to let him fall into obscurity is worse than death.

Jiang Huai never thought there was anything wrong with his eagerness for quick success and instant benefits.

Opportunities must be earned.

If it weren't for his meticulous planning, he would never have reached his current position based on his family background and talent.

No one knew better than himself how he got his official position.

But so what?

The process is not important, what is important is the result.

He used Qian's dowry to cultivate relationships and make many friends.

The Liu family acted as a go-between, providing assistance.

Later, she captivated the heir of the Duke of Ningguo with her second daughter, thus bringing her son into the upper echelons of social circles.

Now all that's left is for Jiang Xinyu to make room for Jiang Wanqiu so they can start planning to marry their son to a woman from a wealthy and noble family. But then this unexpected mishap happens.

Jiang Huai had no good impression of Jiang Xinyu. He thought that his daughter was stupid, clumsy and vulgar, just like Qian Shi, and was a hopeless case.

Unlike his daughter Wanqiu, who was clever, sensible, obedient and filial from a young age, she was not only good at socializing and made friends with many daughters of officials, but also received high praise from the ladies and old ladies of various mansions.

If Jiang Xinyu hadn't failed to win the favor of the various masters of the Ningguo Duke's Mansion, he wouldn't have agreed to Liu's idea of ​​killing the eldest daughter to make room for the second daughter.

A woman who is not favored by her husband's family cannot bring benefits to her own family. Rather than letting someone else benefit from her, it is better to let the younger daughter take her place.

It was all Qian's fault, really.

That damned person wouldn't stop, scheming to turn Liu's perfectly good second wife into a concubine, causing Wanqiu to become an illegitimate daughter as well.

Although Jiang Huai felt that his second daughter was far superior to his eldest daughter, there was a difference between legitimate and illegitimate children.

It's impossible for the legitimate son of a respectable, high-ranking family to marry a concubine's daughter as the head of the household. Jiang Wanqiu's only options, besides marrying down, are to become a second wife.

Marrying down is impossible.

Putting aside the fact that Jiang Wanqiu and Liu Shi couldn't swallow their anger at being suppressed by Jiang Xinyu, even Jiang Huai would not allow it.

A daughter from a high-ranking family marries into a man from a lower-ranking family.

If the daughter he raised with such great resources and lavish wealth cannot bring him any advantage in his career, then all his efforts will be wasted.

He had tried to get Liu to arrange a good marriage for Jiang Wanqiu, but unfortunately, the ladies of those wealthy and powerful families weren't fools either.

Not to mention noble families, even the eldest son of a fourth-rank official couldn't get close to them.

Later, Jiang Wanqiu hooked up with Zhao Chengye, and Jiang Huai thought he might as well use his second daughter to make his eldest daughter, who was a useless piece of chess, come back to life.

But he never expected that a seemingly useless move could cause such a huge mess.

He didn't know whether to laugh or cry, because his daughter, who should have died in two years, had become his father-in-law.

Jiang Huai's colleagues and friends, however, could not understand his heartache. They all congratulated him with great joy, showering him with compliments as if they were free.

The central idea is simple: if we become rich and powerful, let us not forget each other.

The compliments from everyone made Jiang Huai's vanity soar and his smile became much more genuine. However, the fact that Supervisor Xiao hadn't come forward to greet his new father-in-law made him feel a little uneasy.

He should wait until the three-day homecoming to try and get some information out of the eldest maid. If she gains favor with Xiao Yuan, then he won't consider the Left Prime Minister's side.

Although the term "eunuch son-in-law" sounds unpleasant, he wasn't opposed to it as long as it could benefit his wife's family and his two younger brothers-in-law.

At this moment, Jiang Huai had no idea that his daughter, whom he could only see a few times a year or two, had long since had her soul replaced.

He didn't even notice that while he was struggling to choose sides, Xiao Yuan was completely ignoring him.

Xiao Yuan was not satisfied with the old emperor's handling of the matter. Although he could not openly disobey the imperial order, he did not intend to let it go.

After returning to his residence, Xiao Yuan first sent someone to retrieve the betrothal gift list and organize the dowry sent by the Li family. He then casually asked what his wife was doing.

The butler's expression turned strange for a moment.

"Madam just got up half an hour ago, and is probably having lunch right now."

Xiao Yuan frowned. "Sleeping until noon, the Jiang family's upbringing is nothing more than this."

"Alright, let's serve the meal."

The butler was momentarily at a loss for words. "Um... Master Eunuch, why don't you eat in Madam's courtyard?"

Xiao Yuan narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly, and the butler immediately shivered and hurriedly said,

"The lady ordered three tables of food in succession, and almost all the ingredients prepared for the master were used up."

Right now, besides eggs, there's only some pork left in the kitchen for the servants... the person who went to buy groceries hasn't returned yet.

Xiao Yuan was so angry he almost laughed. He flung his sleeves and headed straight for the new house from yesterday.

He, the dignified head of the Eastern Depot, couldn't even get a meal at his own home. He wanted to see what that woman was up to.

Jiang Xinyu really had no intention of playing tricks; she was just so angry at her own stupidity that she cried.

The thought of how I acted crazy while drunk last night makes me want to die, or even just beat Xiao Yuan senseless.

The second option was obviously impossible to achieve; she hadn't expected Xiao Yuan to know martial arts and be so skilled.

She was indeed cannon fodder who wasn't even a male supporting character. The original work described her very little, and she suffered from a lack of information.

Moreover, that scoundrel is clearly not a womanizer. Right now, all she can do is stay put and eat as much as possible in order to recover her powers as soon as possible.

The servants in the Eunuch's mansion were all well-trained. Even though there was some controversy surrounding the new lady's status, they served her according to the standards expected of a lady, as long as the Eunuch did not give any orders.

As soon as Jiang Xinyu mentioned eating, the kitchen immediately sprang into action, with a table laden with all sorts of delicacies.

Jiang Xinyu didn't stand on ceremony and sent the maids away before burying herself in her food.

I heard that the scoundrel went to the palace to complain to the emperor this morning; who knows what her life will be like from now on.

Damn it, she overlooked the old emperor because he had such a low profile in the original story.

Xiao Yuan, that bastard, isn't he quite capable? Why does he need to go to the emperor to solve his own problems?

What if the old emperor suddenly decides to investigate this matter thoroughly?

She confessed everything last night, in case Xiao Yuan sold her out...