Liuxian - Chapter 1

Chapter 1

I am Song Liuxian, the daughter of a low-ranking seventh-grade official.

Though my father’s official position is not high and his abilities not remarkable, I have eight brothers and sisters. Our family is lively and harmonious.

My mother is a well-known “perfectly blessed woman” locally: she has both parents, siblings, a husband, sons, and daughters.

When relatives or friends marry, they all ask her to lay out the wedding bed.

Because of this, my eldest sister and second sister both married well.

The eldest married the eldest son of a fifth-grade military official, and the second married the youngest son of a fourth-grade official in the Court of State Ceremonial.

Their marriages are harmonious and happy, with flourishing descendants.

After I came of age, my mother thought that even with a premium, at most I would marry into a family of a third-grade official.

But who would have thought that the one who proposed was the prime minister’s family!

Chapter 2

Receiving Young Master Xu’s betrothal letter, my mother frowned and sighed repeatedly.

“I heard that Xu Qilang of the Xu family is unwilling to marry and only thinks of cultivating immortality. Those noble ladies from wealthy families naturally wouldn’t want to marry him. Madam Xu wants to betroth you, surely because she sees me as fertile, wanting you to leave a descendant for her son.”

She slapped her thigh heavily: “Wouldn’t you then have to live like a widow in the future?”

With my father’s low official position, my mother dared not offend Madam Xu.

My eldest and second sisters’ in-laws are also officials-if they heard about this, wouldn’t it implicate them?

My second and third brothers are also in marriage negotiations; handled badly, it could affect their marriages…

But if she agreed to this marriage, my mother feared I would suffer after marrying in.

I was merely curious and asked, “Xu Qilang? If they already have seven sons, why care whether he has descendants?”

Madam Xu should be surrounded by sons and grandsons.

My mother helplessly shook her head and said, “Qilang is his ranking in the entire clan; Madam Xu only has this one precious son! It’s said that to get him, she kowtowed hundreds of times at Guanyin Temple on Miaofeng Mountain!”

Oh, I see.

I gently patted my mother’s back and said, “Mother, don’t worry; this is a good thing no matter how you look at it.”

“If I can bear a son or daughter for Xu Qilang, the Xu family will naturally always have a place for me. In a noble household, wearing gold and silver, eating delicacies, how can that be considered suffering?”

I continued, “If Xu Qilang really goes to seek that so-called immortal, the Xu family will naturally feel indebted to me. They won’t treat me harshly and will also provide much assistance to our family.”

Father, elder brothers, and even brothers-in-law can all benefit-why not?

Moreover, with my mother being so fertile, I surely have no problem either!

My mother’s eyes reddened as she embraced me and said, “Liuxian, you’re too sensible.”