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Ruthless Grand Preceptor Gives Little Pitiful a Home
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The entire residence was silent due to the Imperial Edict of Marriage. I initially wanted to check on my parents, who seemed to be in a bad mood, but I unexpectedly overheard them talking inside their room.
"The legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister is to be married off to the Grand Preceptor; it is a match of equal status," my father said.
"But Wang Rui has just gotten involved with the Emperor. This... sigh!" My mother cried, pleading with my father to speak to the Emperor on their behalf.
My father, feeling sorry for his daughter, could only sigh in response. "I am a Chancellor; how could the Emperor take her as a consort? If she had not been so reckless and insisted on getting involved with the Emperor, would she have been given to the Grand Preceptor?"
I stood quietly outside the door, listening to my parents exchange words filled with concern for their precious daughter. The decree of marriage was undoubtedly unchangeable.
Sure enough, the next day, the silence in the residence was shattered by Wang Rui's cries. She wept bitterly, pleading, "I won't marry! I absolutely refuse to marry that Grand Preceptor!"
She threw herself into my mother's arms, who was also tearful and held her tightly while occasionally glancing at my father.
I stood aside, watching this farce with cold eyes.
"I heard that the Grand Preceptor is nothing but a fake man, cruel and ruthless. Anyone passing by him can smell blood. Mother, if you make me marry him, it would be better for me to die!"
Wang Rui cried heart-wrenchingly, and my mother looked at her with pity as they embraced each other.
"Master! You must think of a way!"
"This is our daughter!"
My father looked troubled but could only nod in agreement before turning to leave.
"Mother, please save me! Save me!"
"I won't marry! I won't marry!"
Wang Rui cried in despair as if she were truly being pushed to a dead end. I quietly watched their deep mother-daughter bond and felt it was ironic.
Back then, when I was young and being beaten by servants, where were my parents?
In this household, whether it is the servants or my own parents, they all treat me like an invisible person.
"Mother, the imperial decree only states that the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's Residence is to marry the Grand Preceptor; it does not specify who that is. Can't we find someone to take my place and marry the Grand Preceptor instead?"
With this one sentence, the room fell silent in shock. It was then that I realized the main event was unfolding here.
Wang Rui knelt before our parents, tears streaming down her face. "Father, Mother, please save me! I can't marry that Grand Preceptor; he's such a terrifying person! If I go, how will I survive to come back?"
She clutched our mother's hand tightly, her voice filled with despair. "Oh right, what about my sister? Mother, can you let my sister take my place and marry him instead?"
She looked up at me, her eyes brimming with tears. "Sister, you'll help me, won't you?"
"You've always been the most sensible and obedient one; this time, you will definitely help your sister, right?"
I stood there in silence, not saying a word, my heart a mix of emotions. I had always known that in this family, I was not favored; in my parents' eyes, there was only their legitimate daughter. I was merely an expendable existence.
However, I never expected them to be so heartless.
" Yue, your sister is right. You have always been the most understanding one. This time, consider it as your mother begging you: please take your sister's place and marry him."
Tears streamed down Mother's face as she turned to look at me, her eyes filled with pleading.
My heart ached; silent tears fell from my eyes. "I still have two months until I come of age; I haven't even held the coming-of-age ceremony yet. How can you say such things?"
After hearing this, Mother stepped forward and grasped my hand tightly. "Outsiders won't know as long as you don't say anything and we don't say anything."
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