After learning of this, An Jin regretted not being decisive enough initially. He then put considerable effort into dealing with Yan Huo, ultimately using Western Liang’s palace intrigue to force him back to his country. Shortly after Yan Huo’s departure, knowing he could delay no longer, An Jin decisively proposed marriage to my family, despite knowing the timing was not ideal.
His mother-in-law opposed this marriage. My identity was too special. She sensed that if An Jin married me, it would burden the An family with a reputation of disloyalty.
I could marry anyone except becoming an An family daughter-in-law. However, An Jin was determined and ultimately made the marriage happen.
His mother-in-law was furious, hating that An Jin disregarded everything for the sake of “love” and abandoned family responsibilities. She also resented fate for making him fall in love with someone he shouldn’t. Every time she saw me, she would think of the challenges the An family would face and involuntarily became cold towards me.
An Jin originally thought that after our marriage, even if Yan Huo was unwilling, he would temporarily give up, and we would no longer have troubles. Unexpectedly, before one wave subsided, another rose – Nan Rui and Western Liang arranged a marriage, and it was the Fifth Princess who bore some resemblance to me.
Later, when the Fifth Princess escaped the marriage, I was accidentally placed in the Eastern Palace’s bridal chamber. Eventually, both the Qi Emperor and Eastern Palace learned my true identity.
The Qi Emperor was furious, believing the secret department had rebellious intentions, and bestowed a sterilization potion as a test. This event became the beginning of the final break between the imperial family and the secret department.
By then, An Jin had already calmly begun his final scheme.
Like he said, this time, he was going to thoroughly solve all threats. Sweat beaded on my forehead.
