Bai Jingwen actually felt a twinge of guilt toward his legitimate daughter.
Back when that old scoundrel Gu Baijiang came to ask for his daughter's hand in marriage for his son, he had actually hesitated.
The Gu Family's reputation was decent at the time, but he had investigated. Although the son was born of the legitimate wife, this third son was somewhat neglected.
Marrying a husband like that meant no promising future for his daughter, and she would have to rely on her in-laws for the rest of her life. It would be stifling. However, they were a merchant family; even if they found a match of equal social standing, it might not be much better than the Gu Family.
At that time, Gu Baijiang had just been promoted to Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War. Thinking it would be good to have another backer in the capital, Bai Jingwen had agreed. Who knew it would end up harming his daughter?
