On the wedding day, my mother suddenly stopped the sedan chair and insisted on asking for an extra betrothal gift. My fiancé Song Xu tore up the marriage contract in anger and married my cousin. I suffered the humiliation of breaking off the engagement and became the laughing stock of the whole capital. In the midst of this embarrassment, my sweetheart Du Mingxuan suddenly appeared and asked me to marry me. My mother took the initiative to reduce my employment and sent me out of the palace in a plain sedan chair. Five years later, Song Xu became a wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River, and his cousin was the noble matron of the Song family.
