At the palace banquet, the young General Qin knelt before the emperor and publicly begged to break off our engagement, demanding instead to marry my half-sister.
He said I had grown up in the countryside without a shred of propriety and was unworthy of the Qin family’s status.
His every word dripped with condescension.
I said calmly, “You were blind when you were young, and I was the one who saved you. Are you crossing the river and destroying the bridge now?”
Qin Wuyan jerked his head up, his eyes full of hatred.
“Your family and mine are both part of the Wang clan. Rou’er and I are the ones truly in love. As her elder sister, shouldn’t you help us be together?”
“If I’d known marrying you would be the price, I’d rather have stayed blind for the rest of my life!”
I curled my lip and smiled coldly. “Do you mean that?”
Qin Wuyan said, “I do.”
I nodded and brushed my sleeve.
A silver needle flew out, grazing Qin Wuyan’s eyes with pinpoint accuracy.
As his screams rang out, I rose leisurely to my feet.
Now he could be blind as he wished, and he wouldn’t have to marry me.
