Before Zhenzhu married Governor Lu, He Danggui and Liao Qing’er went to see her. They jokingly asked whether the marriage contract included the item that Governor Lu could not have extra concubines and should spend the rest of his life only with her.

Zhenzhu smiled and said, “A faithful husband and a happy family won’t come by a sheet of paper but by a sincere heart. I didn’t realize it and thought that my ex-husband betrayed me because life was not fair. But when I ...