Summary
In order to be a happily idle wife after marriage, I married Pei Wangshu, the newly crowned Zhuangyuan.
Born to a poor family, he had studied his way up from nothing and claimed the highest honor in the imperial exams.
At the Qionglin Banquet, he knelt to thank the emperor for his grace, weeping as he declared, “This subject will devote every last ounce of strength to serving the court, until death itself!”
Listen to that!
Until death itself!
What an absolutely terrifying workaholic spirit!
Marrying him would definitely be the start of my life of lying flat!
And yet, one month after the wedding, I realized something was off.
This Zhuangyuan husband of mine…
Seemed…
To have had the exact same idea as me.