Du Zhilan was born into poverty and survived by cheating, swindling, and lying. By the time she was fourteen, she had married early and put her old life behind her.
When she married into the family, her husband was away doing business. He was gone for years at a time, then eventually stopped sending word altogether.
As a wife left alone at home, all she had to do was manage the household and care for her in-laws. Life was fairly peaceful, and she simply assumed her husband had died somewhere far away.
A few years later, her mother-in-law fell gravely ill, and Zhilan hurried to Huian in search of medicine.
But home may be comfortable for a thousand days, while every step outside brings trouble. Her search for medicine went poorly. Fortunately, she met a good-hearted man who seemed willing to help.
Zhilan fell back on her old tricks, spinning a pitiful story without missing a beat, and got the man to help her again and again.
Feng Quan had spent years wandering far from home. After earning merit in service to the emperor, he returned in glory, bringing along a pair of jade bangles he had specially chosen for the virtuous wife he had never met.
Passing through Huian, he happened upon a beautiful, kindhearted woman who had traveled all this way to find medicine for her mother-in-law.
Taking pity on her, Feng Quan helped her again and again.
When he asked why she was seeking medicine alone, and where her husband was, she said her husband had been away from home for years, keeping a mistress and cruelly abusing his poor wife. He was an animal.
Looking at the woman's delicate face, Feng Quan thought, What a bastard.
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