Big Mansion, Little Matters

Disaster was the last straw for the Zeng family. Zeng Baolian, the daughter of the Third Branch, had no choice but to stand on her own two feet. Though she could not hold the family together, she set out alone on a thousand-mile journey to break off her engagement, determined to stay by the side of her parents, who had been implicated and punished along with others. She left with the marriage contract in hand and returned with her husband. He smiled at her tenderly. “May we be together for all our lives, and grow old hand in hand.”