![]() ![]() ![]() Peony and Wu Ren's marriage was arranged between their respective family's practically since Peony's birth.During this time period this wasn't that strange, and it actually works out brilliantly. Age-Gap Romance: When Wu Ren and Quin Yi marry, he's in his forties and she's in her teens.Peony In Love by Lisa See is a 2007 historical novel that not only explores the effect of qing and poetry in Chinese society during the reign of the Manchus, but also vividly depicts the realm of the Chinese underworld and ultimately, the many forms of love. Then, during a performance of The Peony Pavilion, Peony sees a handsome man, and Love at First Sight ensues. On the outside, she is an obedient daughter content with being locked in her house by her family for her entire life on the inside, Peony secretly longs for passion, adventure, and an opportunity to see the outside world, much like the heroine of The Peony Pavilion, an opera which Peony is obsessed with, does. Peony has just turned sixteen and is ready to marry the husband she has been betrothed to by birth, even though she has never once met him. ![]()
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