Gu Qingyi’s miserable “peak moment” arrived without warning. Not only did her fiancé high-handedly break off their engagement, trampling her dignity to elevate his talented beloved’s reputation, but he even branded her a “useless beauty.” It was shameless to the extreme.
They had invited the powerful Imperial Uncle to witness the dissolution of the engagement, but no one expected that as soon as the engagement was nullified, the Imperial Uncle would turn around and come to her door to propose.
Gu Qingyi: “Ah!!!”
After their betrothal, Gu Qingyi returned to her ancestral home in Huzhou to “convalesce.” The Imperial Uncle escorted her the entire way, much to the envy of every noble lady in Huikang. How could a “useless” girl like Gu Qingyi deserve such treatment from the Imperial Uncle!
Later, everyone discovered that the Imperial Uncle’s little fiancée had improved crop seeds for a bumper harvest, took in refugees to bolster the population and military strength, and could even fire porcelain, brew fine wine, forge weapons, and improve siege engines. She collected so much wealth and grain that her hands practically cramped, and she rendered great service by assisting the Imperial Uncle in his many campaigns.
Not only was she beautiful and brilliant, but she was also a sweet little darling who constantly praised “my Imperial Uncle’s might” and “my Imperial Uncle’s dominance.” She became the new benchmark for noble ladies everywhere.
Was this supposed to be a “useless beauty”? The noble ladies of Huikang were stunned. Warlords and feudal lords from all sides couldn’t help but be green with envy.
Even Song Fengyu almost believed the act.
Until one day, he saw Gu Qingyi pointing at a row of portraits of handsome men on the wall: “Lord Xinling is as gentle as jade, Seventh Son of the Zhong Family is handsome and dashing, Young Master Xi is tall and powerful, and Yuan Shuo truly has broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and a golden ratio!”
Song Fengyu: “Those are all the names of my arch-enemies!”
