Gu Jinyu pleaded earnestly, "My daughter has already shared intimacy with the Prince of An County, how can she marry another in this lifetime?"
Marquis Gu snorted dismissively and said, "If you don't speak of that intimacy, I don't speak of it, and he doesn't get word out, who would know?"
Gu Jiao was married off; Marquis Gu didn't even acknowledge that union, much less Gu Jinyu's engagement.
Tears welled up in Gu Jinyu's eyes as she knelt down and said, "Father! My feelings for the Prince of An County are sincere… I beg Father to grant me this happiness…"
Marquis Gu was furious—if this had been a son, he would have beaten him by now!
He gritted his teeth and looked at her, saying, "Jinyu! You are too young! Do you know what sincerity is? Was Princess Ning An not sincere towards her husband? Guess what happened to her? She died in the borderlands! I will never agree to you marrying a down-and-out noble!"