The daughters of high-born families offer immeasurable help to their husbands' career paths. Invisible political capital, educational resources, and networks are all incomparable to those of other families.
Not to mention a newly-rich Secondary Fifth Rank Village Lady, even the Emperor's daughter lacks the allure of a high-born family's daughter.
Cheng Yaojin married his second wife, a thirty-seven-year-old widow from the prestigious Cui family of Qinghe. After marrying into the Cui family, Cheng Yaojin was overjoyed, not only living lovingly with her until old age but even leaving a will to be buried together upon his death.
According to customary rites, a man should be buried with his first wife, while a second wife is considered of lower status both in life and after death.
But because she was a daughter of the Cui family, the situation was different.
