I Already Have a Deceased Wife

(Complete)

Outside the eastern gate, there are girls as lovely as clouds. Though they are as lovely as clouds, none is the one I long for.

Song Jin bore the title of the prime minister's only son. Alone, she returned to the capital from the spring-rain-soaked Jiangnan. A stroke of the vermilion brush in the Golden Hall was all it took, and from then on, a handsome young magistrate appeared on the Ministry of Justice's rolls.

Song Jin also gained a new superior, a prince's heir of the highest rank.

One day, a sudden inspiration struck her. Her superior was already twenty-one, yet had neither wife nor concubine. He must be suffering from deep heartache and pent-up frustration. That was why he was always taking it out on her.

So she made discreet inquiries, selected several top-tier young ladies from the capital's noble families, compiled a booklet, and secretly slipped it onto Magistrate Lu's desk.

But who could have expected that the usually good-natured Seventh Young Master Lu would darken his expression at once? He stared at Song Jin with a chilling gaze and forced out a few words through clenched teeth.

"I already have a deceased wife and have no wish to marry again. There's no need for Magistrate Song to concern herself with this."

Huh?

How had no one ever told her about this?

Song Jin thought, This is bad. After living for over a decade, the one time I finally try to flatter someone, I flatter the wrong end of the cow.

Now I'm done for. My days ahead are going to be even harder.

Later, when Lu Chu caught the battered Song Jin in his arms before the jade steps of Yingqian Hall, the hand he placed behind her back trembled faintly.

He rasped in her ear, "Song Jin, what a lot of nerve you have."

Only then did he finally understand that tales of a man flying into a rage for his beloved, or setting beacon fires to amuse the feudal lords, all had their reasons.

Theme: Stay clear-headed and true to yourself. Part the fog and see your heart clearly, and you can find the path that's right for you.