[Female-Dominated Society + Imperial Exams + Multiple Male Leads + Lighthearted Daily Life]
All she wanted was to quietly farm and pass the imperial exams. Who knew that a trip to the prefectural capital would leave her taking in a young man who was selling himself to bury his father?
The young man was astonishingly beautiful. Kneeling at her feet, he raised his head, his eyes shining so brightly they almost burned.
“Miss, Ah Heng will do anything you ask.”
She didn’t dare take him in.
Later, he stepped into the lake. The water reached his chest, and he turned back to smile at her.
She had no choice but to take him in.
Her principal husband, Liu Yancheng, was handsome and virtuous. Every day, he washed clothes and cooked at home, waiting for her to return.
Her childhood friend, Gu Qingxian, was gentle and patient. He embroidered a whole chest of handkerchiefs, yet never once said he loved her.
Ah Heng stayed by her side in the little courtyard day after day, making her shoes, bringing her pastries, lighting the lamps and warming her feet. His gaze grew hotter and hotter.
Caught between the three of them, she was at a loss as to what to do.
Who could have guessed that she would make a name for herself in the capital’s spring examinations?
On the day prospective husbands were seized from beneath the results board, the husband of the Shuntian Prefect himself came to propose: “My son is sixteen. How about taking him as your second husband?”
She politely declined.
The next day, he came again.
And the day after that, he came again.
Later, the three of them stood before her.
Her principal husband’s eyes reddened. “Jinyue, I’ve waited for you so long.”
Her childhood friend lowered his head with a faint smile. “Sister, Qingxian won’t compete for you.”
Ah Heng looked up at her, tears in his eyes, shining astonishingly bright. “Miss… Ah Heng would be content if you came to see him once in a while.”
Looking at them, she had no idea whom to choose.
But the truth was, she couldn’t bear to let any of them go.
The emperor asked her, “Why is your household so chaotic, my dear subject?” Su Jinyue replied, “I don’t want it to be this way either, but they’re all far too good at this.”
