She was the legitimate daughter of the minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
Her mother was capable and gave birth to five children in a row, three daughters and two sons.
She was the second daughter.
Since childhood, her elder sister and the younger sister had been favored by their parents, and the two younger brothers were also highly valued.
And she seemed to be the extra one in that family.
After she came of age at the age of fifteen, she was arranged to marry the Marquis of Pingchang as his main wife.
Also, his step-wife.
In theory, marrying the Marquis of Pingchang was her blessing.
After all, the Marquis of Pingchang was regarded as a brother by the current Emperor, who valued him very much. Otherwise, he would not have granted him a hereditary title.
In the court, whoever saw the Marquis of Pingchang would be polite.
However, the Marquis of Pingchang was not only older than her father, but also on the night she got married, the Marquis of Pingchang died suddenly.
She, overnight, went from a bride to a widow.
And the Marquis of Pingchang’s eldest son, the heir of the Marquis title, became the new Marquis of Pingchang.
She became the Old Madam of the Marquis of Pingchang.
She never wanted much, just a courtyard, and then quietly spent the rest of her life.
But… God didn’t seem to want her to have an easy life.
Because of the death of the Old Marquis of Pingchang, she was given the title of a hard life and a husband’s killer.
All those who respect and love the Old Marquis of Pingchang seem to blame the Old Marquis of Pingchang’s death on her.
Even her father and mother thought so.
After she got married into the Marquis of Pingchang’s mansion, they only sent her a letter and never paid any attention to her again.
It seemed that they had never given birth to a daughter like her.
But when everyone in the Marquis of Pingchang’s mansion saw her, those with a higher status would look at her as if she were an enemy.
Those with lower status would also point fingers at her behind her back.
Fortunately, the Marquis of Pingchang’s mansion treated her well on the surface.
She had always lived in her own courtyard and would not go out if she could.
She thought that she could live the rest of her life like this.
But when she was twenty years old, there had been earth-shaking changes.
What changed was not anything else, but her heart.
She knew she shouldn’t, but she couldn’t control her heart.
She fell in love with her stepson.
The second son of the Old Marquis of Pingchang, Ye Ting’an.
Before marrying her as his step-wife, the Old Marquis of Pingchang had married two other wives.
The first one was the mother of the current Marquis of Pingchang, Ye Tingge.
Ye Tingge’s mother died when Ye Tingge was three years old.
A year later, the Old Marquis of Pingchang married Ye Ting’an’s biological mother.
Ye Ting’an’s biological mother also passed away when Ye Ting’an was fifteen.
Five years later, the Old Marquis of Pingchang married her as his wife.
So, in total, Ye Tingge was ten years older than her, and Ye Ting’an was five years older than her.
But on weekdays, when they saw her, they still had to respectfully call her Mother.
When she married into the Marquis of Pingchang’s mansion, Ye Ting’an had already started a family, but Ye Ting’an’s wife had a difficult birth.
Only a daughter was left for Ye Ting’an.
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