The Merchant's Daughter Marries a Libertine

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Xue Chuchu, only daughter of the Xue family, the wealthiest family in the capital, almost became Gu Xiang's sister-in-law.

Two imperial edicts of betrothal, issued one after another and completely at odds, reflected the emperor's selfish motives. They also gave her a legitimate reason to walk toward the one who had always followed her: Gu Xiang, the Gu family's second son, a notorious playboy.

Everyone laughed at her for having the pearl she treasured stolen by imperial power.

Only Xue Chuchu knew that the Gu family had two pearls. One brought glory to the family but might not shine for long. The other was still hidden in the dust, but would take flight when the time came.

“Don't you hate me for marrying you?” Gu Xiang asked drunkenly on their wedding night.

“I think you're wonderful,” she replied calmly.

Those words, “you're wonderful,” made the former playboy put away his folding fan and sober up. He studied the law with such dedication that he stayed up all night, and when she needed jade for a business deal, he ventured alone into the black market, scouring the whole city for raw jade until he became obsessed overnight.

At last, one day, he took her hand and said softly, “Do I now deserve to be the greatest female magnate in the land, Boss Xue, who trades financial certificates across the realm and builds restaurants and sea routes?”

She smiled without answering, simply taking the peach blossom he offered and holding it in her palm.

A little scene:

One day, amid the piles of case files at the Court of Judicial Review, a colleague teased Judge Gu: “I hear your wife closed another deal today, this time with a wealthy merchant from the South Seas?”

Gu Xiang looked up, his eyes shining. “Yes. So I'd better finish reviewing these cases faster, or I won't have lit all the lamps by the time she gets home.”

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Theme: A gentleman's wisdom runs deep as a pool, and his schemes flow like spring water.