Tong Ningyan, the daughter of a wealthy Jiangnan merchant, was skilled at embroidery and cooking, and had a gentle temperament. She never expected that someone would take an interest in her just because she shared out some osmanthus cakes.
So she asked him his name, and he replied:
"Lu Jingyuan."
They happened to meet again at a silk shop, and she knew she had no way out anymore.
With only a few words, he cleared away all her confusion.
She admitted it: she had fallen for him.
When they met for the last time, Lu Jingyuan had already been waiting at the Tong residence for quite a while. Only then did Tong Ningyan realize that he had come to propose marriage.
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"Husband, do you not like me anymore? Is that why you don't want to come home?"
Tong Ningyan knew that Lu Jingyuan was successful and promising, and had no concubines. When she heard the prime minister intended to assign one to him, she lost her appetite and couldn't sleep for worry.
"Do you think I'm past my prime, no longer as young and beautiful as other women?"
"My lady, you're the only wife I'll ever acknowledge in this life. Let alone taking a concubine, even if there were a more beautiful woman in the capital, I wouldn't so much as look at her."
Tong Ningyan beamed with delight.
The top scholar saw the wife he had chosen, charming and lovely, and cherished her with all his heart. How could he ever let her suffer the slightest grievance?
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1. Happy ending
2. Their love is mutual, and the male lead takes no concubines
2026.4.23
Theme: Peaceful days, with you always by my side
Why is it a young girl, not Mrs. Lu?
Thank you to heaven, thank you to earth, thank you for your hard work~