I begged Hongdi to hold another wedding for us, giving An Jin an official status in Nanrui. Hongdi was somewhat regretful; he had hoped I would marry General Shen to gain the Shen family’s loyalty, but seeing my insistence and that An Jin brought the black gold symbol, he had to agree. Thus, An Jin’s latest identity is: Nanrui’s grand consort, Wang Jun of Yu King.
An Jin adapted to this role quickly. He became friends with Jiang Yunqiao’s consort, often meeting to drink tea and watch plays. He quickly integrated into the nobility of Fengzhu City, living an extremely carefree life. In comparison, my life was much more desolate. Rising early for court was routine, and soon Jiang Yunqiao asked Hongdi for leave to travel with her consort and the Fu family, entrusting the Ministry’s affairs to me. With the affairs of two departments combined, I was overwhelmed, often busy until late at night before returning home.
Our lifestyle had completely reversed from before. I was busy to the point of exhaustion, while he lived leisurely every day.
Originally, with the woman being outgoing and the man being introverted, it wasn’t as wonderful as I had imagined.
The only consolation was that the officials who once looked down on me gradually changed their attitude, and the number of people supporting Liu Hua was increasing daily, even showing signs of surpassing the Cen Taisai faction.
However, due to constant busyness, I hardly had time to spend with An Jin. When I returned home at night, I was so exhausted that I wanted to immediately collapse on the bed and fall asleep. Usually, before his hand could even start moving on my body, I would already be sound asleep.
An Jin was resentful about this. He had originally thought that after a long separation, husband and wife should be inseparable, but I was so busy that I couldn’t even find time to have dinner together. So, he thought of a solution: having me bring the Ministry of Revenue and Ministry of Personnel’s affairs home, with him personally guiding and sharing his experience, which greatly saved time.
