In the third month of the spring of Gengxu in the fourth year of Jianyan, Chiying was seventeen years old, and she married Gu Siye, the eldest son of Gu in eastern Zhejiang.
That wedding was an earth-shattering event in Yuyang County. It was because the father and brother came from Jiankang, and it was a huge event. The dowry carriages lined up from the west of the city to Gu's house, and even the newly built gates on the east side of the county were demolished, all for the purpose of welcoming the bride.
Zhao Chiying and Gu Siye had never met before. Their marriage was determined by their parents and the matchmaker's advice.
Chiying would always think later that it would be a blessing if he could rely on Gu Siye's blessing to live a peaceful life in Yuyang. But world conditions forced her to come to Lin'an, the capital of Kang Wang Zhao Gou who transformed into the Song Dynasty emperor.
The changes during the Jingkang period were like a lingering nightmare. Chiying always felt that she was luckier than others, just like her father used Ruoruo to save her, and like the rumors of tragic death and humiliation among the royal family.
She has seen the devastation of the country and the destruction of the family, as well as the despicable people in remote counties. It is not easy for a woman, but this world only makes it more tortured. Chiying used to cry, for the mountains and rivers of the Song Dynasty, for the tragedy of prosperity and decline. Later, she cried for the woman who was falsely accused and humiliated, for the baby girl who was tortured and killed at birth in Yuyang, and for this ridiculous world.
She still remembered what the female poet nicknamed Youqi Jushi said to her.
Hold it and fill it, overfill it and it will overflow. Your name is really like a curse, but I pray it is a blessing.
Purpose: Women's survival dilemma