Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Lin Qiao didn’t leave the room for two days. I had his meals sent directly to the chamber.

He ate quite a lot.

To replenish his strength, no doubt.

The third day was the traditional visit to the bride’s family. While I was changing my clothes, he made a run for it, slipping out through a dog hole.

By the time we were ready to depart, he was nowhere to be found.

The Marquise looked grim as she ordered people to go out and search for him.

I said, “It’s alright, Mother. I can go by myself.”

Feeling terribly guilty, she slipped a jade bracelet off her wrist and gave it to me.

I headed back to my family home with three carriages full of gifts.

My concubine mother breathed a sigh of relief the moment she saw me. She had been miserable for the past two days, unable to eat or sleep for fear of hearing some terrible news from the Marquis’s Mansion.

My legal mother was also very pleased. “See? I told you the groom wouldn’t be able to let her go.”

Her joy stemmed from the fact that my father had been promoted and my eldest brother had joined the Shence Battalion.

Only my sister was unhappy. She pulled me aside and asked, “Has the Heir had a change of heart? Is he in love with you?”

I replied bashfully, “The Heir is merely captivated by my beauty for the time being.”

She looked utterly disappointed, muttering to herself, “Is there really no such thing as unwavering love in this world?”