In the third year of Yong’an, Su Nuonuo, the cherished little girl the Duke of Zhenguo’s family had awaited for five generations, was born.
She opened her round, grape-like eyes and didn’t cry or fuss. A single milky-sweet smile was enough to melt the hearts of every tough man in the household.
Her great-grandfather carried her on his shoulders all around the capital. Her grandfather got caught sneaking her candy but didn’t mind at all. Her twelve older brothers competed to serve her hand and foot:
The top scholar eldest brother wrote bedtime stories, the second brother in the Embroidered Uniform Guard dealt with bad people, the third brother, a miracle doctor, made sweet medicinal dishes, and the fifth brother, the richest man in the land, filled her room with every treasure under heaven.
Even Xiao Jue, the cold-faced Prince Jing whom no one in the capital dared approach, made an exception for this little baby.
He put aside all his official duties to visit her every day, framed her crooked little doodles and covered his study with them, built her a private amusement park and zoo, and rushed over in the middle of the night to sing her lullabies whenever she had a nightmare. In front of the whole world, he swore, “I, Xiao Jue, will marry no one but Su Nuonuo in this life.”
Nuonuo was the family’s little ray of sunshine, always bringing everyone good luck.
She cured her great-grandfather’s old ailments, helped the common people solve their problems, and even accidentally defused several court crises.
She was soft and sweet, good at charming people with affectionate words, and fiercely protective without being a self-righteous saint. Her little acts of kindness warmed all of Great Jing.
This is a sweet, doting story with no angst at all. No scheming, no farewells, just endless affection and heart-melting everyday moments.
Watch the Su family’s little darling be held in the palm of the entire world’s hand as she and her devoted Prince Jing write a grand romance spanning fifteen years.
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It's a very sweet and doting novel, but the relationships between the characters are quite complicated. Su Lie is the great-grandfather, Su Zhenbang is the grandfather, and is Liu Shi either the grandmother or the great-grandmother? Her relationship with the two is sometimes with the grandfather and sometimes with the great-grandfather.
It's painful to read. The chapters are reversed, the order is messed up. It looks like it's the second day, but the next chapter is still about the full moon celebration. I can't take it anymore.