Summary
My Hairpin Ceremony was only a month away. Yet, my mother brought home a young girl and claimed that she was her true biological daughter. I quietly packed my belongings and bowed to her in farewell. “The Wen Family has been a clan of scholars and officials for generations,” Mother said. “What harm is there in raising one more daughter?” I looked toward the cramped, uneasy woman standing at the bottom of the steps and shook my head. “Your daughter has been returned to you.” “It is only right that you return her daughter as well.”