Born to lowly status, she grew up bullied by the wife of the Minister of Works, his concubines, and her many brothers and sisters. Her legitimate younger sister pushed her into the water, and she survived only because the Crown Prince rescued her. Yet servants spread rumors that she was unchaste and fit only to marry a fool.
The Crown Prince sneered, “She’s timid and weak, yet thinks far too highly of herself. She puts on airs in front of noble young masters but looks down on scholars from humble families. Compared with Rou’er, she’s nowhere near good enough. Making her a concubine is simply a courtesy to my mother and Minister Su.”
Her whole family thought she was an easy target and joined forces to force her to marry the third son of the Lu family of Huaiyang. She had wanted to be a gentle, virtuous wife, but on their wedding night her husband left her alone in their room and went to keep company with a courtesan he had brought back from the battlefield.
Su Ying demanded a divorce and cheerfully helped her husband take a second wife. Though she was only a woman, she refused to be a gilded cage bird whose sole purpose was to please men. No matter how difficult things became, she would use her own strength to make her brief life vivid and meaningful.
The heroine will slowly grow up, from being confused to having the world in mind
The beginning is good, let's continue and let's see what happens.