Married Thrice to Salted Fish

Ateighteenyearsold,LinQingyuwasmarriedaspartofaChongXiintotheNan’anHouMansion,becomingtheillLuWancheng’smalewife.Ontheeveoftheirwedding,YoungMasterHoulaylazilyonthebedandsaid,“Beauty,tobehonest,Ireallydon’twanttoengageindomesticstruggles.Ijustwanttodriftalong,eatandwaittodie.Iwanttobeasaltedfish.”Ayearlater,YoungMasterHoubecamegravelyill.HetookLinQingyu’shandandsighed,“Wife,I’mgoingtodie,butIthinkIcancontinuetotransmigrate.Inorderforyoutoproperlyrecognizemeinthefuture,letussetasecretcode.”AfterthedeathofYoungMasterHou,LinQingyuwaspreparedtostayawidowallhislife.Unexpectedly,afteronlyhalfayear,thegreatgeneralwhohadrenderedoutstandingmilitaryservice,actuallycametoproposemarriage.LinQingyuwouldratherdie.Butthegeneralsaidbutonestatement,“Ifodd,change;ifeven,remainthesame?”LinQingyu:“…Iwillmarryyou.”Aftertwoyears,thegeneraldiedinbattle.BeforeLinQingyuevenhadtimetogrieve,hewasrecruitedintothepalacebytheEmperor.Theemperorcomplainedaggrievedly,“Baobei,thistimeIhavebecametheEmperor.Mysaltedfishdreamshavebeencompletelyshattered…”LinQingyuknewthatalthoughhishusbandwasabagoflazybones,noonewashisequalwhenitcametoconspiracyandschemes.HerubbedtheEmperor’shead.“Don’tthinkaboutit.Getstartedonthosereports.Behaveyourself.”