In the third year of the Yongchang reign of the Hua Dynasty, the emperor gave his legitimate daughter Huang Qingyan to marry Gu Huai, the seventh son of the emperor, on the grounds that Prime Minister Huang Chongde had "made great contributions".
On the day the imperial edict arrived at the Huang Mansion, Huang Qingyan was burying a dead bird in the backyard.
Her fingertips were stained with fresh mud, and she looked up to see the overly shrewd eyes under the brim of the eunuch's hat. She suddenly remembered how the Seventh Prince accurately flicked a piece of fish food into her collar at the Taiye Pond three days ago through the sparkling water.
