On the day of Yi Youran's wedding, her groom ran away.
She went from a celebrated young lady of the capital to the subject of everyone's gossip, branded with a stain that would follow her for life.
For eighteen years, Yi Youran had always followed the rules. This was the path she had chosen, and there was no turning back.
So she packed her bags, climbed into a carriage, and headed to Jiangnan to find the groom who had fled.
*
The day Song Jinze returned home after distinguishing himself on the frontier, the old Duke, hoping his only grandson would settle down and start a family, arranged a fine match for him.
A strange woman he had never met was supposed to spend the rest of her life with him.
"Hah."
Song Jinze split his wedding robes with a single slash and fled the Duke's residence that very night.
He assumed a false name and settled in a small town in Jiangnan.
*
One day, a new family moved in next door to Song Jinze.
It was a woman named Jiang Yao, alone in the world after her family fell on hard times.
Song Jinze only had to look at her once for her to capture his heart.
Three months later, people from the Duke's residence came knocking.
Song Jinze confessed his identity to Jiang Yao, promised to break off his engagement to the capital's young lady, and gave her the jade pendant he always wore as a token of his affection.
*
After taking twenty lashes, Song Jinze dragged his injured body to Yi Youran with the letter of annulment in hand.
The young woman beneath her white veil accepted the letter and curved her red lips in satisfaction. With a delicate hand, she lifted her veil, revealing a face identical to Jiang Yao's.
"Thank you, Young General, for granting my request."
As she spoke, she tossed the so-called token of affection back to him, then swept away with a graceful stride.
Song Jinze froze in place, nearly crushing the jade pendant in his hand.
Yi Youran was Jiang Yao!
Oh, wonderful. Just wonderful!
#I Love My Wife, But I'm Going to Have to Win Her Back the Hard Way#
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