Lu Yuan was born into a merchant family. Forced by her father to marry into the Chu family, disliked by her mother-in-law and trapped in a cold marriage, she remained gentle and obedient, busying herself with the household's affairs.
When Chu Fang returned from putting down a rebellion, he brought back his childhood sweetheart, a younger female cousin. He refused rewards, asking only that His Majesty pardon her family, who had been convicted of crimes. His mother-in-law took particular care to groom the cousin into the lady of the house.
Lu Yuan said nothing and obediently accepted the arrangement.
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Chu Fang came from an aristocratic family and was refined and handsome. He could command three armies on horseback and compose elegant music when he dismounted. He had married Lu Yuan only because circumstances left him no choice, and constantly reminded her to behave properly and know her place.
She had been his wife for over two years. Even when his mother disliked and mistreated her, she never showed the slightest resentment. He thought that a woman as resilient as a reed, though poorly educated, could be guided and would do well enough to bear him children.
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Gradually, Chu Fang discovered that his wife was well versed in poetry and literature, skilled at riding and archery, and a silk-trade jewel praised by merchants from the Western Regions. It turned out that she was not only as resilient as a reed, but also radiant as a pearl.
Yet in front of him, she seemed to want to be nothing more than a reed bent low in the dust. Even when he protected his cousin at her expense, she didn't complain. Instead, she said understandingly, "I understand the difficulties Duke Chu faces. I'll leave everything to your judgment."
He was deeply gratified, privately believing that, in her heart, he came first as her husband.
Until one day, he caught her pouring away the medicine meant to restore her health, and discovered that she had repeatedly prayed for her childhood sweetheart. Only then did he realize that her heart belonged to that man, steadfast as a rock, and that she had never wanted to bear children for him, her husband.
Afterward, his wife presented him with a letter of separation, every word graceful and deferential: "Since becoming your wife, I have been grateful for your care and will always remember your kindness. I bid you farewell here, and sincerely hope you find another worthy lady. May you enjoy happiness for a thousand years."
Only then did he understand what it meant to be killed by the gentlest blade.
His wife had always been a bright, radiant moon, yet she had never been willing to give him even a ray of light.
But he would never allow that moon to shine on another man!
Note:
One knows whether a thing is sweet or bitter by tasting it; one knows whether a road is easy or perilous by walking it. After a long time of ease and comfort, people grow heedless when urged to prepare for war. When venerable elders pass away, their words and example are lost, and those who hear of it sneer., Liu Ji, "Imitations of the Linked Pearls"
So, this story comes with no warnings.
For other notes, see the author's note in Chapter 1.
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Coming soon in my collection: My Ex-Husband Wants to Marry Me Again After Losing His Memory, Scheming for Power, Lady Ganlu
Theme: Bloom, and the breeze will come to you.
After thinking about it, if there had not been that accident and the coercion of the imperial power (King of Wei), then the heroine and the male protagonist would have been a good couple, and the hero would have married his cousin step by step. The cousin may not have gone through those experiences, and the hero would not have been a concubine, and they would have lived a life of respect and respect for each other, and the princess could have found another beautiful husband. Everyone can live well, but class oppression causes too much harm.
After all, in a marriage in ancient times, if the classes of the two parties are not equal, the higher class will naturally bring oppression. If I think you have ulterior motives, I can ignore you, and if I fall in love with you, I can use various means to force you to stay. Women are oppressed by men, poor families are oppressed by aristocratic families, and officials are oppressed by imperial power. Is the struggle between the heroine and the hero really just for love and love? I don't think there is any resistance to the reality that I am unable to control my own destiny. The second male lead finally told the princess that what he did was not to marry the so-called Ling'er girl, but because of his own unwillingness. In the end, the princess no longer loves them. If the princess insists on not letting go, under the imperial power, the second male lead has only two choices, death or compromise. Compromise is very similar to the state of the heroine in the later period. The female protagonist may not have no feelings for the male protagonist, but if she really let go of the male protagonist completely, I would think that her early struggles, pain and resistance were all a joke, and there is nothing worthwhile about such feelings for the author to portray.
Finally, I would like to say that from the beginning to the end, I felt that the heroine and the male protagonist were both in love but not in politeness. The people in the story may have had a different way of living in another situation, but this life is already like this. No matter whether there are regrets or not, they still have to live happily.
Overall, it's very good. It's eloquently told and the writing is excellent. It's been a long time since I've written a good article about daily interactions after marriage, and the relationship gradually grows over time. It's full of details and not pretentious. It can be seen that the author hopes to handle many turning points unconventionally. Very attentive. The only flaw is that the male and female protagonists don't really understand each other. Maybe the author wanted to leave some space, but it felt like the issue of the second male lead was not solved in the end, and the emphasis was too much on the second male lead, which went a little too far. I don't know if the author wanted to express the meaning of "life must move forward, but everything in the past is good." Therefore, the handling of the second male lead was almost meaningless. In the end, the female protagonist still felt that the second male lead was slightly flawed. There were many misunderstandings and the female lead thought it was the male lead's fault. They all relied on the male lead to endure. In addition, those who criticized the male protagonist probably haven't finished watching it. To be honest, no matter how bad the male protagonist is, there is no good male protagonist. Besides, there's nothing wrong with the heroine's family, right? Everyone behaves as if the drug was administered by the male protagonist and not by the female protagonist's father! It's baffling. Why should you look down at the male protagonist from the moral high ground? It is said that the male protagonist had a cousin in mind at the beginning. Before the cousin came, the male protagonist at least did not take any actual action. However, the female protagonist even sent money and medicine to the male protagonist for several years during the marriage to seek blessings. It is said that the male protagonist later protected his cousin, but didn't the female protagonist protect her father? It sounds like you are marrying the male lead for the first time to compensate. You actually help the second male lead every day, you are cold-hearted towards the male lead, and you have been planning to divorce since you got married. This is called compensation? Anyone who has been drugged and splashed dirty water, and after being willing to take responsibility, has to face the cold face of the wife who comes from the drugged family, it is impossible to have a good temper, right? Therefore, the first marriage can only be said to be about the same thing between them. Needless to say, there is no need to talk about the second marriage. The male protagonist tolerates everything, the female protagonist does not know what is good or bad, and the second male protagonist is still haunted. In fact, it would have been nice to write two more chapters about the heroine's emotional changes in the end, but in the end, the extra chapter kept focusing on the second male lead and the male lead, and it felt like the female lead was ignored. Of course, the overall writing is very good and worth reading. The above is just a discussion of the content and is not a disparagement of the quality of the article. Overall a good article.
Let me tell you clearly that I don't like second male leads. In the past, except for the two years when the male and female protagonists first got married, the male protagonist was not very kind to the female protagonist. Later, the male protagonist basically did not feel sorry for the female protagonist and helped her many times, right? Moreover, the female protagonist herself was drugged by her father without the male protagonist knowing it, and the male protagonist felt aggrieved... Even though she knew that the male protagonist was an old lover, she still helped her, and she was quite jealous but never really harmed him. Enough is enough for the second male lead. He is the only one in the world who feels the most wronged. He can't do anything emotionally or in life. He covets other people's wives when his children are so old. He just made up his own mind and wanted to murder other people's lives because of his long-lasting love... I'm speechless.
The second male lead's face should be exposed, otherwise Bai Yueguang, who is always the female lead and her brother, would be a bit uncomfortable with each other.
In the end, the extra emphasis on the presence of the male lead Zhou Qi... In the early stage, the heroine's many grievances and unwillingness were written. In the middle and later stages, in order to write about the crematorium of chasing his wife, Chu Fang focused on Chu Fang's guard against the second male lead. In order to reunite, Lu Yuan spent a lot of pen and ink on how Lu Yuan gradually discovered the deep love of the male lead. At the end, the plot of the hero saving the beauty was arranged to make readers and even the male lead think that the female lead was also sincerely in love with the male lead. I feel that the wife-chasing crematorium is not enough of a crematorium. In fact, the male protagonist could be more physically and mentally abused, rather than making the second male protagonist a thorn in the male protagonist's heart for the rest of his life. Even in the plot, the younger brother of the Lu family and Lu Yuan have always regarded the second male protagonist as the eternal white moonlight in their hearts. The male protagonist's own sons are very partial to the male protagonist. I think based on the male protagonist's temper and jealousy, this frustration will make him a short-lived ghost. The emphasis on the heroine in the later period was not vivid enough. Due to the ghost of the second male protagonist and the sadness of the female protagonist, I always felt that she had very little affection for the male protagonist, and it was more like an attitude of let's live the rest of our lives. As for the gradual discovery of the good nature of the male protagonist, it only made her confirm that the male protagonist is a person worth trusting. To be fair, the male protagonist was indeed a bitch in the early stage. I was still thinking about the scene where the female protagonist knelt in front of his door for a long time in order to plead for mercy. I also wondered whether the crematorium could give the male protagonist a taste of this in a reciprocal way in the later stage. Unfortunately, there was no such thing. The transformation of the male protagonist in the later period is a matter of course. After all, I feel that according to the male protagonist's nature, he is not that bad. After remarrying, he not only solved the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but also promised the female protagonist freedom to live a good life everywhere. However, the aggrieved energy of the male protagonist made me feel uncomfortable reading to the end. It would be better to torture the male protagonist to death in the early stage. This is much better than the suffocating feeling from the beginning to the end...
The writing is quite good, and both the male and female protagonists are good. Unfortunately, the female protagonist and the male protagonist don't seem to really fall in love with each other. Anyway, there is a second male lead, and I don't know if the female protagonist has really let go.
It should be considered basically fully booked, so I should be qualified to express my opinion. I think the male protagonist is not a perfect character, and he is definitely a bit arrogant, but the later development can support the male protagonist's character. Anyway, I think the male protagonist is quite good. If the male protagonist lets go in the later period and realizes that lovers will eventually get married, then I will definitely give up the story. What I see is the excitement of robbery. Give me this great glory, let's play! Later on, I felt that it was still a bit too restrained. I would have loved it more if it had been a bit more gory.
I dislike Chu Nan very much. He was disgusted at first because of his arrogance, and later because of his greasiness. He is a selfish person at heart. I prefer the male lead who is as graceful as the gentle breeze and the bright moon (although there is a tendency to become darker in the later period, but the preconception is so biased). The female lead is well portrayed, and she is the kind of character I like very much. The childhood sweetheart relationship between the heroine and the male protagonist is very beautiful and moving. The relationship between the hero and heroine is strong and twisted from beginning to end, so every description of sex/things makes me feel as if the heroine is being forced to have a nauseous feeling.
If I had known that there was such a nasty male lead, I would not have read this article! Until the end, the heroine didn't solemnly tell the second hero that she didn't love him, so the second hero kept harboring illusions and lingering around the heroine! The heroine seems to be enjoying the days when the hero is her husband and the ghost of the second hero is lingering around her! In the end, the second male lead drugged the male protagonist and wanted to kill him. The male protagonist didn't dare to tell the female protagonist when he came back. The reason was actually because the female protagonist wouldn't believe it! If you put yourself in this state, everyone would go crazy! The spiritual threesome of marriage and love is also disgusting!
I don't understand the second male lead, I really don't understand him, he is really annoying to the core. I don't understand A Yuan either. The most I understand is that she can't forget her childhood.
After thinking about it, if there had not been that accident and the coercion of the imperial power (King of Wei), then the heroine and the male protagonist would have been a good couple, and the hero would have married his cousin step by step. The cousin may not have gone through those experiences, and the hero would not have been a concubine, and they would have lived a life of respect and respect for each other, and the princess could have found another beautiful husband. Everyone can live well, but class oppression causes too much harm. After all, in a marriage in ancient times, if the classes of the two parties are not equal, the higher class will naturally bring oppression. If I think you have ulterior motives, I can ignore you, and if I fall in love with you, I can use various means to force you to stay. Women are oppressed by men, poor families are oppressed by aristocratic families, and officials are oppressed by imperial power. Is the struggle between the heroine and the hero really just for love and love? I don't think there is any resistance to the reality that I am unable to control my own destiny. The second male lead finally told the princess that what he did was not to marry the so-called Ling'er girl, but because of his own unwillingness. In the end, the princess no longer loves them. If the princess insists on not letting go, under the imperial power, the second male lead has only two choices, death or compromise. Compromise is very similar to the state of the heroine in the later period. The female protagonist may not have no feelings for the male protagonist, but if she really let go of the male protagonist completely, I would think that her early struggles, pain and resistance were all a joke, and there is nothing worthwhile about such feelings for the author to portray. Finally, I would like to say that from the beginning to the end, I felt that the heroine and the male protagonist were both in love but not in politeness. The people in the story may have had a different way of living in another situation, but this life is already like this. No matter whether there are regrets or not, they still have to live happily.
Overall, it's very good. It's eloquently told and the writing is excellent. It's been a long time since I've written a good article about daily interactions after marriage, and the relationship gradually grows over time. It's full of details and not pretentious. It can be seen that the author hopes to handle many turning points unconventionally. Very attentive. The only flaw is that the male and female protagonists don't really understand each other. Maybe the author wanted to leave some space, but it felt like the issue of the second male lead was not solved in the end, and the emphasis was too much on the second male lead, which went a little too far. I don't know if the author wanted to express the meaning of "life must move forward, but everything in the past is good." Therefore, the handling of the second male lead was almost meaningless. In the end, the female protagonist still felt that the second male lead was slightly flawed. There were many misunderstandings and the female lead thought it was the male lead's fault. They all relied on the male lead to endure. In addition, those who criticized the male protagonist probably haven't finished watching it. To be honest, no matter how bad the male protagonist is, there is no good male protagonist. Besides, there's nothing wrong with the heroine's family, right? Everyone behaves as if the drug was administered by the male protagonist and not by the female protagonist's father! It's baffling. Why should you look down at the male protagonist from the moral high ground? It is said that the male protagonist had a cousin in mind at the beginning. Before the cousin came, the male protagonist at least did not take any actual action. However, the female protagonist even sent money and medicine to the male protagonist for several years during the marriage to seek blessings. It is said that the male protagonist later protected his cousin, but didn't the female protagonist protect her father? It sounds like you are marrying the male lead for the first time to compensate. You actually help the second male lead every day, you are cold-hearted towards the male lead, and you have been planning to divorce since you got married. This is called compensation? Anyone who has been drugged and splashed dirty water, and after being willing to take responsibility, has to face the cold face of the wife who comes from the drugged family, it is impossible to have a good temper, right? Therefore, the first marriage can only be said to be about the same thing between them. Needless to say, there is no need to talk about the second marriage. The male protagonist tolerates everything, the female protagonist does not know what is good or bad, and the second male protagonist is still haunted. In fact, it would have been nice to write two more chapters about the heroine's emotional changes in the end, but in the end, the extra chapter kept focusing on the second male lead and the male lead, and it felt like the female lead was ignored. Of course, the overall writing is very good and worth reading. The above is just a discussion of the content and is not a disparagement of the quality of the article. Overall a good article.
Let me tell you clearly that I don't like second male leads. In the past, except for the two years when the male and female protagonists first got married, the male protagonist was not very kind to the female protagonist. Later, the male protagonist basically did not feel sorry for the female protagonist and helped her many times, right? Moreover, the female protagonist herself was drugged by her father without the male protagonist knowing it, and the male protagonist felt aggrieved... Even though she knew that the male protagonist was an old lover, she still helped her, and she was quite jealous but never really harmed him. Enough is enough for the second male lead. He is the only one in the world who feels the most wronged. He can't do anything emotionally or in life. He covets other people's wives when his children are so old. He just made up his own mind and wanted to murder other people's lives because of his long-lasting love... I'm speechless.
The second male lead's face should be exposed, otherwise Bai Yueguang, who is always the female lead and her brother, would be a bit uncomfortable with each other.
In the end, the extra emphasis on the presence of the male lead Zhou Qi... In the early stage, the heroine's many grievances and unwillingness were written. In the middle and later stages, in order to write about the crematorium of chasing his wife, Chu Fang focused on Chu Fang's guard against the second male lead. In order to reunite, Lu Yuan spent a lot of pen and ink on how Lu Yuan gradually discovered the deep love of the male lead. At the end, the plot of the hero saving the beauty was arranged to make readers and even the male lead think that the female lead was also sincerely in love with the male lead. I feel that the wife-chasing crematorium is not enough of a crematorium. In fact, the male protagonist could be more physically and mentally abused, rather than making the second male protagonist a thorn in the male protagonist's heart for the rest of his life. Even in the plot, the younger brother of the Lu family and Lu Yuan have always regarded the second male protagonist as the eternal white moonlight in their hearts. The male protagonist's own sons are very partial to the male protagonist. I think based on the male protagonist's temper and jealousy, this frustration will make him a short-lived ghost. The emphasis on the heroine in the later period was not vivid enough. Due to the ghost of the second male protagonist and the sadness of the female protagonist, I always felt that she had very little affection for the male protagonist, and it was more like an attitude of let's live the rest of our lives. As for the gradual discovery of the good nature of the male protagonist, it only made her confirm that the male protagonist is a person worth trusting. To be fair, the male protagonist was indeed a bitch in the early stage. I was still thinking about the scene where the female protagonist knelt in front of his door for a long time in order to plead for mercy. I also wondered whether the crematorium could give the male protagonist a taste of this in a reciprocal way in the later stage. Unfortunately, there was no such thing. The transformation of the male protagonist in the later period is a matter of course. After all, I feel that according to the male protagonist's nature, he is not that bad. After remarrying, he not only solved the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but also promised the female protagonist freedom to live a good life everywhere. However, the aggrieved energy of the male protagonist made me feel uncomfortable reading to the end. It would be better to torture the male protagonist to death in the early stage. This is much better than the suffocating feeling from the beginning to the end...
The writing is quite good, and both the male and female protagonists are good. Unfortunately, the female protagonist and the male protagonist don't seem to really fall in love with each other. Anyway, there is a second male lead, and I don't know if the female protagonist has really let go.
It should be considered basically fully booked, so I should be qualified to express my opinion. I think the male protagonist is not a perfect character, and he is definitely a bit arrogant, but the later development can support the male protagonist's character. Anyway, I think the male protagonist is quite good. If the male protagonist lets go in the later period and realizes that lovers will eventually get married, then I will definitely give up the story. What I see is the excitement of robbery. Give me this great glory, let's play! Later on, I felt that it was still a bit too restrained. I would have loved it more if it had been a bit more gory.
I dislike Chu Nan very much. He was disgusted at first because of his arrogance, and later because of his greasiness. He is a selfish person at heart. I prefer the male lead who is as graceful as the gentle breeze and the bright moon (although there is a tendency to become darker in the later period, but the preconception is so biased). The female lead is well portrayed, and she is the kind of character I like very much. The childhood sweetheart relationship between the heroine and the male protagonist is very beautiful and moving. The relationship between the hero and heroine is strong and twisted from beginning to end, so every description of sex/things makes me feel as if the heroine is being forced to have a nauseous feeling.
If I had known that there was such a nasty male lead, I would not have read this article! Until the end, the heroine didn't solemnly tell the second hero that she didn't love him, so the second hero kept harboring illusions and lingering around the heroine! The heroine seems to be enjoying the days when the hero is her husband and the ghost of the second hero is lingering around her! In the end, the second male lead drugged the male protagonist and wanted to kill him. The male protagonist didn't dare to tell the female protagonist when he came back. The reason was actually because the female protagonist wouldn't believe it! If you put yourself in this state, everyone would go crazy! The spiritual threesome of marriage and love is also disgusting!
I don't understand the second male lead, I really don't understand him, he is really annoying to the core. I don't understand A Yuan either. The most I understand is that she can't forget her childhood.