The precious and intelligent young lady* criticizes the scheming general
Lin Wan was the youngest daughter of the Minister of Rites. She was born with black hair and snow-skinned skin, and was the most beautiful in the capital.
She has been proficient in various arts since she was a child. She is talented and beautiful, and has an enviable marriage. All the noble ladies in Kyoto say that she is born with a good life.
At that time, Lin Wan thought so too.
Until one day, she saw her fiancé walking hand in hand with a woman, behaving intimately.
And that woman was the distant cousin who was newly admitted to her fiancé's house a few days ago. The fiancé even brought her to visit and had tea and snacks with Lin Wan...
What a fond and disgusting heart!
Lin Wan went to his father's study to break off the engagement.
But she never expected that her parents, who had always loved her, would change their attitude and threatened her to endure the humiliation and stabilize the marriage, just because the playboy brother needed this in-law to pave the way.
They said:
"The Gu family has been a member of a century-old family. You are lucky enough to marry into a high position. How can you demand that your future husband only loves you?"
"You don't think about your own future, you also have to think about your brother's future. Your parents have raised you so well, you must not be so selfish."
"Sister, what's wrong with a man who has just tasted it? No matter how lovable that woman is, how can she surpass the position of your head wife?"
Lin Wan was dumbfounded when the filthy words reached her ears.
By chance, I found out that she was an orphan girl that her parents picked up on the roadside. They taught her poetry, calligraphy, etiquette, music, chess, calligraphy and painting for so many years just to use her as a springboard to cling to the nobility.
But how could she, Lin Wan, just sit back and wait for death?
After being verbally abused, threatened and coerced one after another, she turned Shilang Lin's house upside down, then threw down a letter of renunciation and left calmly.
Everyone thought that she would not be able to live without the Lin Mansion, but just a few months later——
The adoptive parents, the dandy brother-in-law, the fiancé, the distant cousin... All of them were forced to a desperate end and were not even qualified to look up to her.
*
When Taifu Xie was in his 60s, he lost his legitimate son and daughter-in-law. His only thought was to find his long-lost granddaughter.
After retrieving Lin Wan, Taifu Xie's baby was treated like someone else. Not only was he pampered by everyone in the Xie family, but he also asked his favorite disciple, Zhenyuan General Lu Cheng, to protect him like a brother.
At first, Lu Cheng remembered his teacher's teachings and took good care of Lin Wan. He also worried about the defense between men and women, so he always kept a distance.
But as I protected him, the girl's smiles and smiles came to live in my heart.
Lu Cheng, who was always strategizing and calm and self-possessed, lost all rules and regulations when he saw the pretty and smart girl. He could only say: "What are you afraid of? Even if you break the sky, I will be there."
Small theater
Since returning to Xie Mansion, Lin Wan's life has become more and more comfortable.
One day, my aunt sent me a portrait of a marriageable man from a high-ranking family in Kyoto, hoping to choose a son-in-law for him.
Lin Wan shyly was about to respond, but she turned around and was blocked by Lu Cheng.
The man's tall figure covered hers, his phoenix eyes were slightly focused, and his gaze fell on the little girl's fair neck, and asked: "Little girl, I see that you have been very busy these days. There is an errand for General Zhenyuan's wife, will you do it?"
Lin Wan was shocked: "But you... You are my brother."
Lu Cheng was silent for a while, leaning down to look into her misty almond eyes, half-smiling but not smiling: "Oh? Then you can tell me, who am I to be your brother?"
Mission: Even in adversity, we must be brave and strong to embrace a better future.