The Orphaned Girl Plots Her Marriage

Everyone in the capital knows that the Lin family of the Earl of Yongbo’s household has a beautiful young cousin, and that she’ll marry the Lin family’s young master as soon as she comes of age.

But on the day their engagement is to be formalized, the young cousin makes a scene and forcefully breaks off the match!

Over the next few days, hundreds of trunks are carried out of the Earl of Yongbo’s residence. The young cousin takes all her belongings and leaves to set up her own household.

But how can a lone orphan, raised in the seclusion of the inner quarters, make a life for herself in the capital?

Everyone who covets her beauty and wealth comes swarming around.

So the young cousin makes a big show of announcing that she’s looking for a husband!

At that moment, the old prince is enjoying the spectacle at his manor as he listens to her requirements for a groom.

He glances over at his foolish son, who’s crawling through the grass to catch crickets, and grins.

She says she wants a handsome man.

“My son is certainly a fine-looking young man.”

She says he must marry only her for the rest of his life and never take concubines.

“Of course he’ll marry only one. With that foolish boy’s constitution, he couldn’t manage a second anyway.”

She says he must have a good temper and know how to make her happy.

“Other than the occasional unhappy wail, he’s cheerful the rest of the time. He has a very good temperament.”

The old prince slaps his thigh, then happily heads to the palace.

At that very moment, Ji Tanyin is reclining on a beauty couch, looking over portraits of the young masters sent by the various households, when she suddenly sneezes.

La la la, my new novel is here! This is a post-marriage romance with mutual secret identities, and both leads fighting to win each other over. If you like the sound of it, come join us! (*￣3)(ε￣*)