Simply put, when two families intend to marry, they hire a trial bride as an intermediary to imitate the bride’s temperament for three days at the woman’s side, and then replace the bride for three days at the man’s side.
The man uses the trial bride to probe the woman’s disposition, and the trial bride reports the man’s situation back to the woman.
If both parties are satisfied, they marry; if not, they refuse. This is similar to a matchmaker, but more progressive and sophisticated.”
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Gu Qingxin had no concept of all this, nothing about the Hua family’s young master or the Wen family’s daughter.
“Yes, the Hua young master is suave and talented, and remarkably devoted to you,” Sister Hong pinched her hand, seemingly wanting to comfort her, but actually trying to probe her attitude. If Gu Qingxin truly had feelings for the Hua young master, she would definitely tremble with anger.
But Gu Qingxin didn’t tremble. Realizing Sister Hong was waiting for her to show “sadness” or “anger”, she lowered her eyes, pretending to hide tears, buried her head in the pillow, and muffled: “Sister Hong, I’m tired.”
Gu Qingxin listened to her departure and exhaled: This woman isn’t easy to deal with. But the priority now is to understand her environment, the condition of this body, and whether Liang Luoxi came with her.
She used her limited vision to scan the room: “Lüguo, go fetch some books from the bookshelf for me to look at.”
“Yes.” Lüguo picked a few books with worn edges that seemed to be Gu Qingniang’s favorites.
Gu Qingxin lay on the bed, looking at the three books: “Chronicles of the Ancient Kingdom”, “Biographies of the Yuan Dynasty”, and “Trial Bride’s Memoirs”. They looked good, and she could read the ancient traditional characters. Fortunately, she had taken an elective in ancient Chinese language and literature, so it wasn’t difficult.
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She roughly read “Chronicles of the Ancient Kingdom” and “Biographies of the Yuan Dynasty”, discovering she was now in the Yuan Dynasty, with the current emperor surnamed Yuan. Neighboring countries were Gong Yue and Yun Qiong, with surnames Yue and Yun respectively.
