[1] After Breaking Off My Marriage, I Became A Powerful Minister's Treasure

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Chapter 1: She was sold off the moment she arrived

In Shangxi village.

Shi Qingluo slowly opened her eyes and was greeted by a small farmhouse. She had a terrible headache and many memories that did not belong to her surfaced. Before she regained her senses, someone suddenly grabbed her arm tightly.

"Damned girl, you still want to fake your death in front of me? You are a jinx. Even if you die today, I will still send your corpse to that county."

After that sarcastic woman finished speaking, she angrily raised her hand and wanted to slap her in the face. 

Shi Qingluo instinctively raised her hand and grabbed the hand that was about to slap her. Because of these additional memories, she instantly understood what had happened.

She looked at the woman coldly and said, "I'm not going. That marriage was decided by you. If you want to go, you may."

It was saddening that this woman happened to be the biological mother of Shengyuan, Madam Niu.

Back then, she was in a dystocia giving birth to Shengyuan. Hence, she treated her as a jinx. She always abused her and treated her harshly.

When Shengyuan was five years old, a priest came to the village and built a Taoist temple halfway up the mountain. He needed some children aged five to twelve to be Daotong.

Every month, these families could collect a hundred cash from this temple.

Shengyuan was sent to the temple by her parents until two months ago, the Taoist temple suddenly exploded, killing the priest and three other children.

Shengyuan escaped this misfortune as she went down the mountain to fetch water.

Her parents arranged a marriage for her after she returned home. It turned out that her fiancé was the young master of the wealthy Wu family in the town.

Shengyuan was honest and kind. She really believed Madam Niu's claim that she owed her and had to find her a good marriage.

But last night, she accidentally overheard her parents' conversation when she was in the bathroom.

It turned out that the wealthy Young Master Wu had suddenly fallen seriously ill recently. He was so sick that he could not get out of bed. His time was about to come.

Young Master Wu was very adored at home and the Wu family could not bear to let him go without a wife.

Therefore, they wanted him to get married before his death, so that his wife could die with him on that day. Hence, he would not be lonely in the afterworld.

The Wu family also knew that this wasn't an easy matter. Hence, they released the news that they were willing to spend a hundred taels of silver on the betrothal gift.

They would follow the usual procedure for a marriage and bury his wife together with him. As long as the bride's family agreed, the government would not be able to interfere.

If Young Master Wu was fine, countless families would have rushed to marry their daughter here.

However, the bride had to sacrifice herself as his wife. Therefore, no crazy family would want to marry their daughters here.

Coincidentally, Shengyuan had such crazy parents.

For the sake of a hundred taels of silver, they don't mind ruining her future. Such a family was rare. In fact, they were the only ones in the entire village.

Today, the Wu family sent someone to the Shi family. They were fetching the bride to town to prepare for the wedding the next day.

Of course, after Shengyuan found out the truth, she wasn't willing to go.