While Chen Yongfu was chatting with Qin Yunan, he saw an exquisite bracelet on Qin Yunan's hand. He felt very curious. So he asked her about the origin of the bracelet.

After hearing Chen Yongfu ask her about the origin of the bracelet, Qin Yunan proudly showed it off to him. Then, she told Chen Yongfu about the origin of the bracelet and the family history that had been hidden for many years.

To talk about the origin of the bracelet on Qin Yunan's hand, we have to trace it back to Qin Yunan's family history.

To talk about Qin Yunan’s family history, we have to start from the time when her great ancestor Qin Wanxuan was still alive:

The origin of the incident has to be told from the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty more than a hundred years ago: This story originated from the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty more than a hundred years ago.

In the late Qing Dynasty, Qin Yunan's great ancestor Qin Wanxuan was once a Privy Councilor of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs of the Qing court, assisting in the management of criminal cases across the country.

At this time, the Qing Dynasty was facing internal and external troubles and a passive situation of being divided up by the great powers.

In that turbulent era, the international and domestic situation was changing, and wars were everywhere. The Chinese people were caught in a serious war.

In China at that time: peasant uprising forces such as Red Lantern Zhao and Xiao Dao Hui were surging and constantly interacting with each other.

Abroad, the imperialist powers are planning to carve up China.

With the Sino-Japanese War of 1898 and the defeat of China's Beiyang Navy, foreign powers stepped up their plans to carve up China.

At that time, the Qing Dynasty army was completely wiped out in the battle against Japan during the Sino-Japanese War. Japan forced the Qing Dynasty to sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki, which was humiliating and humiliating the country.

After the treaty was signed, in order to compensate the Japanese army for their huge military expenditures, the Qing Dynasty stepped up its exploitation of the people, and the people fell into dire straits.

As the exploitative system of the Qing Dynasty changed to Bengali, international and domestic class contradictions became even more acute. Peasant movements continued to break out across the country, and social contradictions became even more acute.

After seeing that the international and domestic conflicts became more acute, the reformers headed by Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and others, in order to save the Qing Dynasty that was on the verge of collapse, they united with some exam candidates and wrote to Emperor Guangxu, demanding reforms. In an attempt to use this

To restore the corrupt rule of the Qing Dynasty, which was on the verge of collapse.

Facing the declining Qing Dynasty, Emperor Guangxu was unwilling to lose the power of the Qing Dynasty in his own hands.

As a result, he began to issue some reform decrees and began to implement a vigorous reform movement - the Reform Movement of 1898 (also known as the Hundred Days Reform in history).

However, in this vigorous reform movement, as soon as the reform began, it encountered strong opposition from the diehards headed by Empress Dowager Cixi. These people continued to create conflicts among everyone and undermine the progress of the reform.

From then on, the Qing Dynasty was divided into two factions. They were the imperial party and the rear party. People from both sides began to gain influence from each other. The conflict between the imperial party and the rear party became more acute.

As the contradiction between the emperor and the empress continued to deepen, the struggle between the reformers and the die-hards became even more acute.

The struggle between the reformers and the die-hards became increasingly fierce. The reformers headed by Emperor Guangxu did not dare to be a puppet, so they secretly contacted Tan Sitong and joined forces with Yuan Shikai in an attempt to stage a farce of "encircling the garden and killing the queen".

Eradicate the power of the diehards with one action.

However, what I didn't expect was that Yuan Shikai was a two-faced man. When he saw the failure of the reform, he not only failed to help the reformers at the critical moment of the reform, but instead took refuge in the Empress Dowager Cixi, thus arresting the reformers.

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As a result, the vigorous Reform Movement of 1898 only lasted for more than three months. After the Empress Dowager took charge and imprisoned Emperor Guangxu, they began to arrest reformers nationwide.

The famous Six Gentlemen of 1898 lost their lives because of this. A vigorous reform movement finally ended in failure.

In this vigorous reform movement, Qin Yunan's great ancestor Qin Wanxuan was one of the victims.

As early as the early days of the Reform Movement of 1898, Qin Yunan's great ancestor Qin Wanxuan was one of the followers and supporters of the Reform Movement of 1898.

Later, after the reform movement failed, Qin Wanxuan was imprisoned because of his participation in the reform movement.

However, because he was not one of the masterminds of the reform, and because his family spent money to smoothen some relationships, he was released after being held in prison for just over two months.

Although after this disaster, Qin Wanxuan was lucky enough to save his life. However, from then on, because of his participation in the reform, he was dismissed from office and demoted to serve the people.

As the saying goes: The tiger old man still has power. Although Qin Wanxuan was demoted and became a civilian, he no longer had any authority. However, their family's wealth did not decline because of this.

There is a saying: The cunning rabbit has three caves. Long before he moved his wife and concubines back to his hometown in Shangqiu, Henan, he had already thought of a way out for himself.

Before he returned to his hometown in Shangqiu, Henan, he used his wealth to buy dozens of acres of land in his hometown and purchased the Xu Cheng family property. He gave it to his eldest son Qin Tianzhong to take care of it.

Not only that, he saw that his second son Qin Tianxiao (Qin Yunan's great-grandfather) was keen on collecting, so he opened a stall for him in Shangqiu County, Henan.

Therefore, Qin Wanxuan did not suffer much disaster after being imprisoned in prison, but he was very lucky to escape.

After seeing their father imprisoned, Qin Wanxuan's two sons, Qin Tianzhong and Qin Tianxiao, ran around for their father's affairs. They sold off many properties and spent large sums of money to bribe the officials who presided over the trial. Finally, Qin Wanxuan was jailed.

Rescued from prison.

After Qin Wanxuan escaped safely, he sold his property in the capital, took his wives, concubines, and several other minor children with him, and moved back to his hometown in Shangqiu, Henan, to live with his eldest son, Qin Tianzhong.

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At that time, Qin Wanxuan had one wife and two concubines, five sons, and eight daughters. Among them, the eldest son was named Qin Tianzhong, the second son was named Qin Tianxiao, and a daughter was born to his first wife. The other children were all his.

Born to a concubine.

Among his children, except for the eldest son Qin Tianzhong, the second son Qin Tianxiao, and the other two daughters, who were already married and established a career at that time, the other children were not married and established a career at that time.

His two sons, the eldest son Qin Tianzhong, like his father, like real estate and land. So he inherited his father's mantle and became a rich man.

Qin Wanxuan's second son was named Qin Tianxiao (Qin Yunan's great-grandfather). He was a very smart man. He had studied abroad at that time and had seen some of the world. He fell in love with some ancient knowledge and research. Therefore, Qin Wanxuan spent time

The money allowed him to open a stall.

In this way, Qin Wanxuan transferred the family's properties, land, etc. to his eldest son Qin Tianfu. He spent his happy old age with him until he died in old age.

At the same time, Qin Wanxuan saw that his youngest son Qin Tianxiao was enthusiastic about the Gudong business. So he used his wealth to open a Gudong store for his youngest son Qin Tianxiao (Qin Yunan's great-grandfather) in Shangqiu County, Henan.

He also runs a stall business.

Because Qin Tianxiao is talented, very eloquent, has a wide range of contacts, and is good at doing business. In addition, because his father was once a palace official, he has a very wide range of contacts. Therefore, his business in the county

, and became very prosperous. From then on, their family's life was very happy.

However, the good times did not last long. In the blink of an eye, more than ten years passed. The Revolution of 1911 led by Mr. Sun Yat-sen broke the tranquility of the past. The former royal family and nobles no longer had the majesty of the past.

Afterwards, in 1924 AD, General Feng Yuxiang led a team to expel Xuantong Emperor Puyi from the Forbidden City.

From then on, Emperor Xuantong was forced to leave the palace.

After seeing the trees fall and the hozens disperse, these nobles and nobles of the Qing court fled the palace one after another carrying some gold and silver jewelry and other belongings.

Among these fleeing nobles, there was a Qing Dynasty royal family, Ke Ke, who brought some gold and silver jewelry and other items to the border of Shangqiu, Henan.

After she came to Shangqiu, Henan, she had no other way to earn a living, so she had nothing to do. Her life soon became unstable.

After seeing that her life was no longer stable, she had no choice but to bring some gold and silver jewelry to the stall opened by Qin Tianxiao, and dumped some of the gold and silver jewelry to make ends meet.

Among the gold and silver jewelry she threw away, one of them was the jade bracelet Qin Yunan wore. This pair of bracelets was one of the items she threw away.

When Qin Tianxiao saw the pair of jade bracelets she had put away (note: the other bracelet, Qin's father gave it to his eldest daughter Qin Yufan when he died), he liked it very much. He left the pair of jade bracelets behind.

I have never been willing to sell it.

In this way, from then on, this pair of jade bracelets began to be passed down from generation to generation starting from Qin Yunan's great-grandfather. Only then did they finally reach Qin Yunan's hands.

Time passed like this year after year. In the blink of an eye, it was the early 1930s.

At that time, China was in a very turbulent era. Warlords were dividing the country, wars were ongoing, and the people were in dire straits. The vast majority of the people were living in dire straits. Collusion between officials and bandits, and conflicts with each other, often occurred.

In the winter of that year, when the New Year was approaching, Qin Tianxiao closed his stall early and prepared to go home for the New Year. Before leaving, he entrusted the shop to
Chapter completed!