Chapter 0
Pei Qian forgot me. All because, on the eve of our wedding, he got drunk, took a fall, and forgot he was supposed to take a bride. Was I to believe that, or not?
Naturally, I believed it with the utmost gratitude. Since he had forgotten me, my marriage to him could be written off in one stroke.
I packed up my money and dowry. Boling was no longer an option, so for the time being, I settled down in Hedong.
If my father had not died so early, I feared I never would have come anywhere near the gates of the Pei Family.
My father died after taking elixirs and running naked through the streets. Everyone praised him for being romantic and unrestrained-a true eminent gentleman!
He had only been a concubine-born son of a collateral branch of the Cui Clan, yet within a few days of his death, he had somehow become the pride of the Cui Clan.
For a time, the worth of my sisters and me rose with the tide. The great aristocratic families all came asking for our hands. Mother even forgot to fake her tears. Every day, she beamed with joy as she received one guest and sent off another.
This world had gone mad, and so had the people in it.
After much careful selection, Mother chose Pei Qian, the Second Young Master of the Pei Clan of Hedong, for me.
Everyone said he was elegant, graceful, wild, and unrestrained-the foremost romantic figure of Great Wei.
At that, I thought of my father, sprinting along with all that pale flesh jiggling in the wind.
I despised these so-called eminent gentlemen from the bottom of my heart.
As it turned out, he would rather change his name and identity than marry me. Excellent. That suited me perfectly.
