Xu Xinlan had married at the age of sixteen.
Her family background had been utterly ordinary. Her father had been a peak Qi Condensation cultivator who perished while attempting to break through to the Purple Mansion, and the family fortunes had declined as a result. Then, under the arrangements of the clan elders, she had married a collateral descendant of the Chen Family.
The Chen Family was a merchant household in Myriad Spirit City. Though they did not possess much power, they had produced several outstanding descendants.
Xu Xinlan's husband had been highly gifted, but unfortunately ill-fated. In his youth, someone had harmed him with witchcraft and gu techniques. Not only had this severed his path of cultivation, but it had also left him frail and bedridden for years.
Although Xu Xinlan had married him entirely against her will, with no choice in the matter.
Her husband had treated her very well. The two had respected each other like honored guests. He had not only entrusted the family's shops and mines to her management, but had even transferred the residence they lived in to her name.
Three years after their marriage, Xu Xinlan became a widow and, in accordance with her late husband's wishes, held this family together.
Until now.
But it had not been easy. Over the years, she had encountered who knew how many dangers and hardships. Fortunately, with sufficient vigilance, a little luck, and the help of her cousin Zuo Xiaomo, she had managed to maintain the current situation.
Though she appeared glamorous before others, the hardships behind the scenes were beyond imagination.
"I'm so tired."
Xu Xinlan pressed herself against Wang Chen's chest and softly said, "So tired."
No matter how strong she was, she was still only a woman. Her seventh level of Qi Condensation