Cui Shiniang believed she had no prejudices regarding social class; otherwise, she would not have chosen a poor young man who was merely a Scholar, even though later facts proved her judgment was not so great. But she genuinely admired Shao Jingguang, which was why she insisted on marrying him and helped pave his way step by step to become a Fifth Rank Deputy Magistrate.
Unfortunately, she couldn't escape the curse of a man changing his heart as he rose in official rank. What troubled her most was that his mistress was merely the daughter of an ordinary Scholar who couldn't even recognize a few words, yet he took a fancy to such a person—utterly ridiculous.
Song Ci said, "When you refer to mud that can't stick to the wall, are you talking about the Shao Family's faltering after their rise?"
