Author's blurb (March 10, 2026)
Bao Zhi was sent to the Zhao family in a small sedan chair to be married. Everyone said that after spending her whole life climbing the social ladder, Miss Bao had ended up marrying a penniless scholar. Though she would be his principal wife, their family backgrounds and status were a poor match.
No one knew that this ill-matched marriage was one Miss Bao had sought out with the greatest care.
Ever since Bao Zhi came to the capital to seek shelter with the Luo family, she had frequently dreamed the same dream. In it, Luo Yi, the eldest son of the Luo family, secretly took her, his cousin, as his concubine without the rest of the family knowing.
A woman should be married as a wife, not run off to become a concubine. Bao Zhi did not want to be one.
At first, she didn't believe the dream. Then one day, she saw Luo Yi, the famous flower on the high peak who supposedly had no interest in women, pick up her handkerchief and keep it hidden away.
Only then did Bao Zhi suddenly realize that the dream was real.
In the dream, Luo Yi was the emperor's trusted favorite, with immense power and the highest rank among his officials.
But the only person who would one day be able to stand as his equal was still a poor scholar.
From then on, Miss Bao went out every day to seek chances to run into the scholar.
After successfully marrying herself off, Bao Zhi was relieved to be rid of her greatest worry. Now she could wait for her husband to lift her veil and consummate their marriage in bliss.
He did lift the veil. But the instant she opened her eyes...
There was Luo Yi, the young master of the Luo family, smiling at her.
"Cousin Bao, are you in such a hurry to marry me?"
Theme: Love above all
