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The Prince of Ning, Ji Yanche, fell gravely ill from a poisonous affliction and was at death’s door. According to the state preceptor’s divination, a person named Meng Qing in Changzhou County, Jiangnan, shared a compatible astrological chart with the Prince. If he married the Prince to ward off bad luck and suppress the fate chart with the bride’s “Heavenly Happiness” star, the Prince would turn misfortune into blessing and naturally make a full recovery.
When the imperial decree arrived, Meng Qing, who was busy rowing a boat and picking lotus seeds, was completely dumbfounded: “Ah? But I’m a man…”
With time running out and heaven’s will impossible to defy, Meng Qing muddle-headedly put on the wedding robes and entered the bridal chamber. Expecting a tragic life of living as a widow to begin, he never imagined that the Prince, who had been in a coma for half a month, would open his eyes and offer him a gentle smile: “You have been wronged.”
Looking at his handsome and gentle husband, the delicious delicacies, luxurious garments, and brilliant jewels, Meng Qing thought: “How could I possibly be wronged? I love it here so much!!!”
Ji Yanche did not believe in ghosts and gods, and thus did not believe in the saying of warding off bad luck. He simply felt that Meng Qing marrying someone on the verge of death like him was a totally undeserved disaster. Yet, through day-and-night companionship and staying together, his once cold and hardened heart unexpectedly developed a soft spot. He wanted to spend the rest of his life growing old together with Meng Qing.
As the fog cleared and dark plots were exposed, there was no such thing as “warding off bad luck” after all it was actually a trade of one life for another…
