Golden Age Legitimate Fei

Chapter 1: Breaking off engagement? Bestowing marriage?

Chapter 1: Breaking off engagement? Bestowing marriage?

葉璃 – Ye Li – Main Female Protagonist – first di (嫡 – legitimate / of the official wife) daughter of the Ye family, but the third child in the family.

清霜 – Qing Shuang – Ye Li's yatou (丫头 – young maidservant)

定王 墨修堯 – Ding Wang Mo Xiu Yao – Imperial Prince Ding

黎王 墨俊黎 – Li Wang Mo Jun Li – Imperial Prince Li

Ye Family Members:

葉尚書 – Ye Shangshu – Ye Li's father who has the t.i.tle or position of official in charge of presenting memorials to the emperor and official correspondence

徐氏 – Xu shi – Ye Li's mother

葉昭儀 (大姐 / 大小姐) – Ye Zhao Yi (Da jie / Da xiaojie) – Ye Li's eldest sister

葉瑩 – Ye Ying – 4th daughter in the family
葉珊 – Ye Shan – 5th daughter in the family
葉琳 – Ye Lin – 6th daughter of the family

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"Xiaojie (小姐 – Young miss / lady)! Xiaojie, something bad happened!"

In a spa.r.s.ely furnished yuanzi (院子 – a small residence within a family residence compound) that looked quiet and secluded, a light green figure rushed into the inner room like the wind. The wind chime hanging on the door let out a peal of jingling sounds.

院子 – yuanzi

Inside the simple yet elegant room, a slim figure was sitting and facing the half-opened window. The needlework in her hands didn't stop at all despite the disturbance of the sudden entrance of someone else. The young woman waited until the little yatou (丫头 – young maidservant) started panting for air before putting a stop to the needlework in her hands and turned around with a smile, saying, "What matter has caused you to be this fl.u.s.tered?"

The woman's appearance was serene and elegant. It was just that besides the trace of a delicate appearance in the eyes, there was also some unexpected nimbleness and astuteness along with it. She was fully dressed in plain clothes and her long hair was held together with only a single jasper hairpin. If others were to see her, they would have found it hard to believe that this woman was actually the dignified eldest di daughter of the Shangshu fu (尚書 – t.i.tle or position of official in charge of presenting memorials to the emperor and official correspondence 府 – official residence / family residence compound / household / term for family and home put together).

"Xiaojie! You still have the mood for embroidery. Don't you know...don't you know you've had your engagement broken off by Li w.a.n.g (王 – imperial prince)!" The little yatou grabbed the embroidery from her hands, anxiously stamping her feet. Ever since Li w.a.n.g broke off the engagement three days before, she had been so anxious she could catch fire. Yet on the contrary, her household's xiaojie looked like she didn't even care about the matter.

"Qing Shuang, Li w.a.n.g already broke off the engagement three days ago. Isn't your anxiety now a bit too slow of a reaction?" Not caring about her rude movement, Ye Li looked at her own household's little yatou in amus.e.m.e.nt.

"Xiaojie!" Qing Shuang blew her top as she stared at their household's xiaojie. "I'm definitely not anxious because of Li w.a.n.g." Her household's xiaojie herself didn't care about Li w.a.n.g so what would be the point of her caring that much about such matter? But... "Aiya, xiaojie. The emperor has bestowed a marriage upon you! Laoye (老爺 – master / lord of the household) wants you to go out to receive the edict."