Shen Mingzhu was originally the only daughter of the richest man in Yangzhou, and she grew up pampered and well-fed. However, when her parents died, she became an orphan girl that everyone wanted to eat.
In order to save her family and life, she decided to find a son-in-law. During her father's lifetime, she received a guest named Pei Yanzhi. This man was a noble man with great literary talent, a bright future, and good appearance, which was very suitable for Shen Mingzhu.
Shen Mingzhu deliberately tried to lure her with her beauty and wealth, but Pei Yan remained unmoved.
It was not until the son of the prefect drugged her and forced her into the lake that he wanted to ruin her reputation in public. Pei Yanzhi finally felt compassion and jumped into the lake to rescue her.
Shen Mingzhu took advantage of the situation, pestered Pei Yanzhi to cook the rice, and got married quickly.
She sent out invitations widely, spent thousands of taels of silver, and laid out flowing water banquets for three days and three nights. The whole city knew about the wedding.
Shen Mingzhu originally planned to run the family business well with Pei Yanzhi, but unexpectedly, Yangzhou's officialdom changed overnight, and it was her son-in-law who purged Yangzhou's officialdom. It turns out that the real name of the adopted son-in-law is Pei Jingheng. He is not only the prince of the Hou family, but also an imperial envoy who has been undercover for several months just to investigate the corruption case.
On the day he returned to Beijing, he said with rare tenderness: "Mingzhu, come with me back to Beijing. I will tell my parents and find you a good concubine."
Only then did Shen Mingzhu realize that the two got married in a hurry. Although there was a wedding, there was no marriage contract. The relationship between husband and wife was insignificant.
She was ignorant, but he knew it.
Shen Mingzhu did not want to be a concubine and angrily kicked Pei Jingheng out of the house. Pei Jingheng returned to Beijing alone in anger.
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Pei Jingheng was born into a noble family and had a cold personality. He was not very interested in women, but he also knew that his future wife would be a noble girl. The Yangzhou party was accidentally entangled by Shen Mingzhu, but she was just a woman, so he accepted her. As the daughter of a merchant, taking her as a good concubine was his biggest concession.
So after returning to Beijing, he kept waiting for Shen Mingzhu to bow his head.
However, he waited and waited, only to receive the news that she was looking for a new son-in-law.
That night, a fast horse galloped out of the capital and headed straight for Yangzhou.
PS: The male protagonist did not show true love in the early stage, but later pursued his wife in the crematorium.
Purpose: Women should strengthen themselves
