She was, after all, the second legitimate daughter of a proper branch in a family of officials ranked fifth grade! Yet the moment she was born, a bald old monk branded her a bringer of disaster and a walking plague.
Other legitimate daughters lived in elegant mansions, while she was stuck in a moldy shack.
Other legitimate daughters studied music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, while she couldn’t even recognize a single character.
Other legitimate daughters feasted on delicacies, while she scraped by licking pork fat off a baked flatbread.
She put up with it all for the sake of freedom.
But when other girls celebrated their coming-of-age ceremonies and discussed marriage, she was expected to marry into a Buddhist temple??? A young monk came to propose, and her father fretted, “Tang Xi has the temperament of a mountain spirit or a monster. How could she possibly be a suitable match for you?”
The young monk calmly replied, “That’s fine. I don’t mind.”
There’s no need to worry when the moon sets. A night pearl will surely appear.
