Zhen Manor.
When they found out that their son-in-law was bringing his new daughter-in-law back, they had long been looking forward to it. A group of people stood in front of the door, waiting for Yuan Xi's arrival.
There was nothing they could do about the Zhen family lowering their stance so much.
The Zhen family was an aristocratic family, and their ancestors were naturally rich and noble.
However, after Zhen Yi, who was also Zhen Mi's father, passed away in his early years, the eldest son of the family, Zhen Yu, also died of illness.
In such a chaotic world, no one in the family went out to be an official. The Zhen family went into an irreversible decline and the family began to decline.
Until now, the Zhen family was only rich but not expensive.
Those without power would be reduced to poor families and slowly become powerful landowners. They would have family property but no power. They were no better than merchants.
Yuan Shao unified Hebei, and all of the Zhen family's businesses were in Hebei. Naturally, they wanted to cling onto the Yuan family's big ship, which was why Yuan Xi and Zhen Mi had this marriage.
Yuan Shao was short of money, and the Zhen family was short of power.
The reason why Yuan Shao was short of money was because after the battle with Gongsun Zan, the rewards and compensation that needed to be distributed were too much. It was so much that Yuan Shao could not bear it.
Naturally, he would think of the Zhen family, a big dog, and make the Zhen family bleed.
Yuan Shao would also return the favor by giving the Zhen family some official positions and letting the Zhen family's descendants take up the positions to ensure that the Zhen family could continue to be ranked among the aristocratic families and not fall into the Humble Class.
"Hey, look, are son-in-law and miss back?”A sharp-eyed servant pointed at the group at the end of the road and said.
"Young miss and son-in-law seem to be riding together. It seems that young miss is very doted on by son-in-law.”
"Of course. Our young miss is as beautiful as a fairy. In the entire Hebei Province, who doesn't want to marry the young miss?”
A clever servant had already run back to the courtyard and not long after, he came out with a young man.
This person was the second son of the Zhen family, Zhen Yan. After the eldest son, Zhen Yu, passed away, he replaced his brother and became the head of the Zhen family. He was also Zhen Mi's second brother.
"Patriarch, it seems like son-in-law has a cavalry behind him.”The butler exclaimed.
Zhen Yan naturally saw it too, and a smile appeared on his face. The Zhen family naturally felt proud to return to the door with such great fanfare.
"It seems that the Second Young Master is not like the rumors outside. He is still very favored by the Great General. Otherwise, he would definitely not be able to mobilize cavalry to serve as guards.”Zhen Yan thought to himself.
In the distance.
Looking at the familiar house where Zhen Mi had lived for more than ten years, even though she had only been married for three days, Zhen Mi felt like it was a lifetime ago and couldn't wait to return home.
"Ah ~ Husband, we seem to have come empty-handed. Second Brother won't be angry, right?”Zhen Mi asked bitterly.
When a daughter returned home, she naturally had to bring a gift back to her parents 'home. Otherwise, it would be too rude.
"Haha, don't worry. I've already instructed the butler before we left. He should have sent the gift long ago.”Yuan Xi quickly comforted him.
"Thank goodness." Zhen Mi patted her pair of aces." You're so thoughtful, my husband."”
Yuan Xi stretched out her finger and flicked Zhen Mi's head lightly." I've lost all my face because of you, stupid girl."”
Zhen Mi stuck out her tongue and didn't retort.
As they spoke, Yuan Xi brought Zhen Mi to the front of the mansion. The two of them dismounted and greeted Zhen Yan.
"Greetings, brother-in-law (second brother)."
"Second Young Master is too polite.”
The middle door opened wide, and the Zhen family received their son-in-law with the highest etiquette. Zhen Yan accompanied Yuan Xi all the way into the residence.
Zhen Mi's four older sisters had also rushed back from their in-laws 'house today. After greeting them, they left with Zhen Mi.
After all, she was already married, so it was not convenient for her to stay and accompany guests. In the end, only Zhen Yan was qualified to accompany the Zhen family. It could be seen how much the Zhen family had declined.
The banquet was very extravagant, but the only people eating were Yuan Xi and Zhen Yan. The sumptuous dishes and the thin population formed a strong contrast, making people sigh endlessly.
Even if the Zhen family gave Yuan Shao a large amount of goods, Yuan Shao was still willing to help the Zhen family. The Zhen family's situation was also difficult to alleviate for a while.
There were many official positions in the four northern provinces, but the Zhen family didn't have anyone!
Yuan Shao gave him an official position, so someone had to take it, right? There was no one at home, so what was there to say?
This was also the Zhen family's current predicament. Even if Zhen Yan risked his life to give birth, it would only happen twenty years later.
As for letting the descendants of the branch family become officials, it was fine if there were few. Once there were many, the branch family would be powerful and suppress the direct line. It would also be a disaster for the family. After the branch family became powerful, they might directly establish their own sect.
At that time, it would undoubtedly add insult to injury for the Zhen family.
Therefore, the Zhen family could only endure until their population flourished or Zhen Yan could sit in a very high position.
However, in the officialdom, there was a pit for every carrot. Ordinary positions were fine, but high-level positions were even more so.
As Zhen Yan was the second son, he was not fully nurtured by the family when he was young, so he was a middle-class person. Yuan Shao could not entrust him with an important task, even if the Zhen family offered more money.
Currently, he was just a Quliang Chief, managing a county. Yuan Shao couldn't stand it and gave him the title of a general.
There was a difference between the current county magistrates. A county with 10,000 households under its jurisdiction was a county magistrate, and a county with 10,000 households under its jurisdiction was a county magistrate.
Zhen Yan's Qu Liang Chief was actually just a small county magistrate. It was clear at a glance how down and out the Zhen family was.
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