A Match Made in the Fields: Peach Blossoms Bloom Before the Widow's Door

In a second-rank marquis's household, she was merely a widowed grandmother in the younger generation. She had no distinguished background, with hidebound in-laws above her, honey-tongued but treacherous sisters-in-law on her left, and a haughty, domineering sister-in-law on her right. She had no great talent and knew nothing of poetry or song; she was not virtuous and knew nothing of needlework or business; she lacked virtue and knew nothing of serving her in-laws or winning the elders' favor. She was not chaste: as a widow, she wanted to marry someone else.

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