"The very next day, I had someone ask around about her."
"I found out her family was planning to marry her to her cousin, but nothing was official yet. I decided to strike first."
Gu Fei glanced at Old Huang. 'This man really is cunning.'
"I hired an official matchmaker to propose on my behalf and promised a huge amount of silver as a betrothal gift."
"Her family was just an ordinary one. They had never seen so much silver, not even heard of such a sum. Her parents were swayed."
"This was over twenty years ago. At the time, Housekeeper Wu wasn't a housekeeper, just a servant in the Prince Qi Mansion. By status, he was merely a slave, and in wealth, he was far beneath me. My parents-in-law, ignoring the desperate pleas of my wife and Wu Dahai, married her off to me."
"Although my wife didn't want to marry me, it was a marriage ordained by her parents and arranged by a matchmaker. She had no choice in the matter."
