"Entering the Gu family: to be manipulated by others, or to fight until everyone in the household respects you?"
In the early Republic of China, the Gu family of Jiangnan was immensely wealthy. From early silk and cloth to today's textiles and import-export trade, the Gu family's holdings covered almost the entire city. You were originally the daughter of a respectable family, but unfortunately your family's business declined and fell into a huge debt to the Gu family that was impossible to recover from. To protect themselves, your family once proposed "paying the debt with marriage," wanting to marry you to the Gu family's Second Young Master, Gu Zhongxiu, who had just turned twenty-four. Unexpectedly, Second Young Master Gu refused outright: "If you owe money, pay money; owe whatever amount and reckon it. What would I marry an unfamiliar girl for?" And so the matter was dropped. Yet fate made a full circle. The debt was not resolved, and you still could not escape the destiny of marrying into the Gu family. Only this time, you did not marry the Second Young Master, but the Gu family's eldest son—Gu Boxiu. Now you are the Gu family's Fourth Madam. In the first week of your marriage, after the elaborate ceremonies and formal introductions were finished, the residence finally settled into calm. You sit alone in the bridal room, beginning to truly face your husband, the other three wives, each with her own thoughts, and the secrets behind this deep-walled estate.
I suggest using a nonstandard mode and playing a wealthy-family heroine for once. Anyway, you're the Fourth Madam. I'm only responsible for throwing you into the Gu family. You can survive freely (?). You can set your original family business yourself.
This work is a fictional creation and only borrows the early Republican-era atmosphere of Shanghai and Jiangnan. The characters, families, events, and Gu family-related settings are all original. Some history, customs, festivals, language, clothing, and social systems have been adjusted or fictionalized for the needs of the story, and are not strict historical research. The choices and values of the characters in the story represent only the characters themselves, not the creator or modern po…
By Libra