Shen Mingwei was ordered to marry Gu Yan, the Duke of Zhenguo, as her stepmother, and the whole capital was waiting to see her joke.
Everyone knew that the Duke only had his late wife Bai Yueguang in his heart, and he only married her because her facial features resembled those of an old friend.
She uses a rooster for worship and stays alone in an empty house when she is newly married. Her mother-in-law warns her face to face to keep to herself.
Shen Mingwei agreed calmly, she was not here to fall in love.
The Duke is stationed at the border all year round, and the four aunts in the mansion have no intention of competing for his favor.
Aunt Su was in the kitchen making snacks, Aunt Lin was making jewelry in the courtyard, Concubine Meng was in charge of the property of the whole house, and Aunt Tao was concentrating on raising her daughter.
No house fighting, no female competition. Several women teamed up to open a shop and support the family business, making the deserted Duke's mansion lively and lively.
Gu Yan only thought of her as a sensible substitute. It wasn't until he returned to the capital after being seriously injured and saw that she was supporting the whole family even in the face of danger that he was shocked to realize that he had already been attracted to her.
But he was proud and obsessed for most of his life, and never said a sincere word until his death.
After Gu Yan died on the battlefield, all that remained was a piece of Begonia she painted and a three-character blood letter: Ming Wei, Regret.
She spent her whole life guarding the red wall of the deep courtyard, and only said one sentence before her death: I want to go home.
