(Reading guide: Five sisters falling in love in a group portrait🥰)
In order to avoid being buried in the palace, the four sisters of the Gu family need to get married before next year's draft.
As the prince's wife, Gu Nianxuan was originally confident.
Unexpectedly, her husband died and she became a suspect. 😢
Gu Nianxuan came from a well-known family and was cared for by her parents. When she grew up, she became the most beautiful woman in Jinling. Her husband, Prince Anguo, was gentle and dedicated. Her parents-in-law treated her like a daughter. This marriage could be said to be a match made in heaven.
Until Ji Zhimo, the new top scholar, appeared at Anguo Gong's mansion. He is a humble gentleman, as gentle as jade, and his gestures are as impressive as those of others.
But everyone in the Duke's house was whispering with disdain: This Ji Zhimo is the Duke's concubine. Although he looks good and behaves well, he actually comes from a humble background and is ruthless in his methods.
They humiliated him, laughed at him, and embarrassed him to his face.
After all, he was her husband's younger brother. Gu Nianxuan couldn't bear it and often defended him.
But she didn't notice that the dignified and elegant Number One Scholar looked at her with increasingly crazy eyes.
Her husband's relatives treated Ji Zhimo coldly. Gu Nianxuan kindly served him a cup of hot tea. The young man still smiled warmly and said, "Sister-in-law, it's not their fault. It's just that I acted too domineeringly."
Therefore, Gu Nianxuan felt that her husband's concubine Ji Zhimo was as polite and gentle as jade, and was not the vicious and ruthless person that outsiders said.
Until one day she discovered that the person who made things difficult for her had either had their hands chopped off or their legs broken, and Ji Zhimo was the initiator. 😱
His pale and bloodless face was still stained with blood, and the corners of his lips were raised in a strange and paranoid way: "No one can bully my sister-in-law."
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When her husband passed away, Gu Nianxuan cried and fainted in the mourning hall.
Ji Zhimo caught a glimpse of his sister-in-law who was in mourning.
The rough linen could not hide her stunning beauty, but the plain linen clothes only added to her beauty.
Her creamy complexion was almost transparent, her almond-shaped eyes were covered with water mist, and tears appeared under her fine eyelashes at every turn, soaking into his heart.
Just a glimpse.
There was a hint of sinisterness in the eyes of the scholar who always behaved well.
The blood all over the body was screaming.
Even if you fall into hell, you will have no regrets.
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The favored eldest son of Anguo Gong died in infancy. The emperor was grieved and suspicious, so he sent his nephew Yan Kai, the censor of the capital procuratorate, to investigate.
Naturally, Yan Kai immediately suspected that he was in love with the deceased's wife.
Gu Zhaotang: It depends on whether you have the ability to take my sister away. 🧐
The young man Yan Kai who came to investigate the case was young and energetic, but when he found out about the deceased's wife Gu Nianxuan, the Crown Prince's wife had a group of difficult sisters who obstructed his investigation in every possible way.
The most detestable among them is Gu Zhaotang, the youngest, who is fierce and capable and has ten thousand ways to protect his sister.
It's a joke, no suspect can escape from the hands of the imperial censor of the capital procuratorate.
But Yan Kai never expected that he would be the one to suffer in the end.
The five young ladies of the Gu family were originally very popular in the city's marriage market, but after being involved in the case, they suddenly became uninterested: the people in the city laughed, felt sorry, or took pleasure in their misfortune.
The eldest sister is deeply involved in the suspicion of her deceased husband, the second sister Jiwei's biological mother is of low status and has low self-esteem but is introverted but wants to break through herself. The third sister Zhaotang is a special soldier who has traveled through a fierce and powerful time. 🤷♀️
At that time, several unsolved cases occurred one after another in the city, and the originally prosperous and prosperous Jiangnan seemed to be covered with a layer of haze. On a moonlit night under the Twenty-Four Bridge, can Bihua safely lock the jade pavilion?
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Five pairs of CPs: The eldest sister Gu Nianxuan has a gentle but flattering personality + crazily criticizes the sinister and powerful officials, and the two-way redemption changes character flaws;
Third sister Gu Zhaotang, a fierce and powerful woman + a sunny and confident young man, a couple who fight against each other and fall in love with each other;
The fourth sister, Gu Xunli, is obsessed with daydreaming about love and is a taciturn military commander.
"Five fair ladies, there are exactly five caring men." - The slogan of the movie "Pride and Prejudice" during the Republic of China.
Reference books: "Women's Life in the Ming Dynasty" | "History of Social Life in the Ming Dynasty", "Warning Words", "State Power Structure and Operational Mechanism in the Ming Dynasty"
Intention: Loving yourself is the first priority.