I was born into the most distinguished family in the Jin Dynasty. My mother was the eldest princess and my father was the imperial master.
My father personally selected my marriage to Lu Jian, the new top scholar in the sciences. He said that Lu Jian was a good match because of his talents.
For his official career, my Xie family has used countless connections and paved a bright road.
In three years, he went from a small Hanlin editor to the position of Minister of the Sixth Department.
The wedding day was approaching, but at a family dinner, in front of my parents, he asked for a postponement of the wedding date.
My father was slightly angry: "Why?"
Lu Jianzhang knelt on the ground and burst into tears: "It's not because the student is unwilling, but it's because my mentor entrusted him with his only daughter before his death. If I don't marry her, she will have no choice but to live her remaining life. I have promised my mentor that I will marry her and give her a lifetime of glory."
The whole hall was silent, and my mother was shaking with rage.
But I smiled, put down my chopsticks, and asked him softly: "So, what does Mr. Lu mean by giving up the big tree of my Xie family for an orphan?"
He raised his head and looked at me with stern eyes, full of calculation and affection: "No, my engagement with you remains unchanged. It's just that she has a pitiful life experience and needs to be the first wife to suppress the gossip of others. You married me out of love, and she married me out of morality. I have wronged you... To enter the house as a concubine first, and then I will set you straight in the future."
I picked up the wine glass in front of me and splashed it on his smug face.
He probably forgot that the daughters of my Xie family have always been "married", not "married", let alone made concubines.
