The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

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Yu Ya’er could hardly be blamed for not recognizing her. The birthmark on her young miss’s face had been so distinctive; with it suddenly gone, anyone would suspect that the wrong person had entered the room!

“Young miss, you, you, you…” She stammered, unable to speak clearly, then looked toward her guye.

Guye gave her a slight shake of the head. She then understood at once, suppressing the waves in her heart, and said instead, “How can you come out like this? You are married now, you can’t leave your hair loose anymore.”

Back in the village, Gu Jiao had been considered a fool, and no one cared what kind of hairstyle she wore.

After coming to the capital, her family knew that she and Xiao Heng were not truly husband and wife, so they had never forced her to wear a married woman’s hairdo.

“I don’t know how.” Gu Jiao said.

The hairstyles of married women were far too difficult to arrange.

“I’ll do it!” Yu Ya’er said with a smile.

Gu Jiao sat right down at the square table instead of going to the dressing table, and Yu Ya’er took a comb to arrange her hair into a young married woman’s hairstyle.

But she still looked like a little girl, her face full of childishness.

Yu Ya’er said, “When children wear adult hairstyles, it always turns out like this!”

Gu Jiao: You say that as if you’re older than me.

Xiao Heng and Gu Jiao went together to pay respects with tea to Princess Xinyang, where Marquis Xuanping was also present.

When the two of them saw Xiao Heng leading in a little fairy-like beauty, they were both struck dumb.

Marquis Xuanping’s first thought was also that she was a different person and he nearly kicked his son out on the spot for it. He barely married for two days and he already dared to bring some other woman before his parents, was he trying to make them die of anger?

Xiao Heng said, “Father, Mother, JiaoJiao and I have come to pay our respects.”

Marquis Xuanping: “???”

Gu Jiao whispered to Xiao Heng, “Why are Father and Mother looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?”

Xiao Heng answered softly, “It’s because there’s nothing on your face.”

“Hmm?” Gu Jiao truly didn’t understand.

The couple exchanged a glance at their son, and with tacit understanding, neither of them exposed the truth.

Gu Jiao went to hold Little Yiyi.

Little Yiyi pawed at Gu Jiao’s face, looking left and right, “Wuwa?”

It’s gone?

Gu Jiao served tea to her father- and mother-in-law. Princess Xinyang gave Gu Jiao an extraordinarily large red envelope, and Marquis Xuanping was uncharacteristically generous as well——

It was indeed his generosity, and absolutely not because Qin Fengwen had wrung it out of him.

Most of the household servants had never seen Gu Jiao’s true appearance, but that didn’t stop them from hearing rumors.

One errand boy said, “I heard that our young madame is extremely ugly! She’s not worthy of our Little Marquis at all!”

Gathered around him were several craftsmen of the estate. One of them said, “That can’t be right? Who told you that?”

The errand boy said, “I heard it from someone at the Marquis Ding’an’s Estate! It was their Second Young Lady’s servant girl who told my sister-in-law herself!”

The craftsman asked again, “And how would your sister-in-law know someone from Marquis Ding’an’s Estate?”

The errand boy replied, “She doesn’t. It was by chance they met in a jewelry shop! That servant girl said, ‘What’s so great about her? She’s so ugly. Even if she marries in, Little Marquis will despise her!’”

The craftsman said, “Then why would the Little Marquis marry her?”

The errand boy sighed, “Ah, she did save Little Marquis’s life. Besides, she had good luck. Being raised as a noble daughter, her family background matches, so Little Marquis could only resign himself to misfortune.”

“Hey, hey.” One of the craftsmen tugged at his sleeve.

“What?” he asked.

The craftsman pointed not far off. “That ugly appearance you spoke of… was it supposed to look like that?”

Everyone followed his finger, and all gasped in shock!

Amidst the flowers, Little Marquis in a robe of moon-white brocade walked hand in hand with a young woman dressed in a flowing blue trailing-immortal gown.

A soft breeze lifted her gauzy hem.

If she hadn’t stepped out of a mural, then she must have fallen from the heavenly palaces of the Ninth Heaven.

In everyone’s mind floated the same thought: Ugly? Are you blind?!

……

After serving tea to her parents-in-law, the two went into the palace to pay respects to Grandaunt and to the Emperor and Empress.

This morning, Empress Dowager Zhuang had taken a fall. Upon hearing the news, everyone had rushed over, namely the Emperor and Empress, Old Chief, the whole family from Bishui Alley, all except Little Jing Kong, who had been taken out of the capital for a three-day trip by Shangguan Qing.

Empress Dowager Zhuang was not seriously hurt, but Eunuch Qin had been pinned down and injured, so that he now limped when walking; Empress Dowager gave him a few days of sick leave.

Not wishing to worry the newlyweds, the elderly lady had suppressed the news and had not sent word to the Princess Mansion. Who could have expected the young couple to come today themselves?

——Newly married, and you’re sure you don’t want to stay at your estate for a few more days of intimacy?

Just as the Emperor and Empress departed, Gu Xiaobao was taken by a palace maid to the back to play with Eunuch Qin’s little turtles, while the rest of them sat under a great tree in the garden to enjoy the shade.

Gu Jiao had once been a frequent visitor at Renshou Palace, and all the elders here had seen her before. Yet today, not a single one of them recognized her.

If not for Xiao Heng holding her hand, they would hardly have dared to let her enter at all.

Reclining while secretly nibbling on candied fruits, Empress Dowager Zhuang caught sight of the little one who had suddenly transformed into a fairy, and with a lifted brow and a meaningful tone she said, “Oh. So the marriage has been consummated?”

At last, she could begin anticipating her little great-grandniece!

And she wanted her to be the chubby kind, even cuter than little Xiao Yi!

Yao shi gave a soft hum, then nodded blankly. “I believe so.”

Old Chief stroked his beard, both shocked and pleased. “So I’ll be able to hold a little great-grandnephew.”

Gu Yan sighed regretfully. “Too much of a bargain for my brother-in-law.”

Gu Xiaoshun scratched his head, looking utterly baffled. “Am I the only one who doesn’t understand what you’re all talking about? And that person… is that really my big sis?”

I can hardly recognize her!

Gu Jiao had long ago declared that she and Xiao Heng had already consummated their marriage. Naturally, she could not slap her own face by denying it now. Even though no one had believed her at the time, she herself hadn’t known that. She had assumed her little disguise was airtight.

Straightening her small chest, she spoke with utmost seriousness, “I’ve told you all before, Ah Heng and I have long since been true husband and wife! We had already consummated our marriage back in the countryside!”

Gu Yan: “Liar.”

Yao shi: “Impossible.”

Empress Dowager Zhuang: “You hadn’t.”

Gu Jiao stood ramrod straight, her aura powerful and her tone full of confidence, “How could you know? It’s not like my face says we only just consummated our marriage now, is it?”

Everyone nodded in unison: “Yes, it does!”

Gu Jiao: “???”

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In the suspenseful supernatural novel “Records of Mortals,” Jiang Baiyan, once a solitary and impoverished youth, finds refuge in the Shi family of Chang’an due to his extraordinary bloodline. With his clear and captivating peach blossom eyes, this seemingly innocent young man conceals a fanatical and malevolent lunatic within. Destined to succumb to darkness amidst hardship and degradation, he becomes a harbinger of chaos.

When Shi Dai suddenly transmigrates, she takes on the role of the Shi family’s young lady, the one who subjects him to countless trials, eventually leading to her demise.

The twist? She never got to finish reading the novel.

From what she knew of the plot, Jiang Baiyan was just a silent, timid, and often bullied pitiable character.

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Jiang Baiyan had never encountered someone like Shi Dai.

After he had slaughtered all the evil creatures in the garden, the blood-stained young man, exuding a murderous aura, approached her step by step, his lips curling into a malicious smile, ”Scared?”

Shi Dai responded, “You’re really amazing! I applaud you until I spin like a spiral and fly around the moon three hundred times! And also——you have dimples when you smile!”

Jiang Baiyan: ...?

—

After seeing her at a lantern festival with another man, Jiang Baiyan lowered his eyes, his fingers twirling her hair. He said in a mocking and sinister tone, ”The mansion in the western suburbs...if I hide you there, no one will find you, right?”

Shi Dai replied, ”Does it come with meals and lodging? Can I sleep in everyday? Oh, and your cooking is the best!”

Jiang Baiyan: ...?

—

Jiang Baiyan was supposed to dislike her, even hate her, but as their separation drew near, his eyes turned red and he grabbed her sleeve, pleading, ”Donʼt abandon me, alri—”

Shi Dai responded, ”Alright, alright, I’ll only have you. Mwah.”

Jiang Baiyan: ...?

He hasnʼt finished his lines yet though…