In the prosperous capital of Yuan'an, there is a celebrated matchmaker known far and wide. She is Jiang Yunran, the daughter of a once-prosperous merchant family.
They say she has an incredibly sharp eye, and every marriage she arranges is a happy one.
But at the age of twenty-eight, with a family to support, she has gradually become a spinster whom no one is willing to marry.
She had planned to grow old alone, raising her younger siblings by herself, but at last she met the one destined for her: a wealthy invalid.
He was just another unfortunate soul, after all, so Jiang Yunran wanted to find him a wonderful match. But he was fussy and nitpicky.
At last, Jiang Yunran could bear it no longer. She slammed the table and demanded, "Just what kind of person are you looking for?"
He smiled, then pretended to hesitate. "I think you're quite wonderful."
"I have long admired you and wish to take you as my wife, offering ten miles of wedding finery as my betrothal gift. For this life and all the lives to come, may we be the only ones for each other. May our future be complete in every way, and may we live in harmony like mandarin ducks."
