Qingqing and Ming

The daughter of the capital's richest man saves a hostage prince from an enemy kingdom by chance. But after the prince returns home, her act of kindness brings her a string of troubles. Her family's shops are mysteriously burned down, and she meets a young general. She thinks she has found hope, only to discover she has stepped from one abyss into another. After enduring countless hardships together, the two come to understand and love each other. When disaster strikes again, she thinks the truth will finally come to light. Instead, in a single night, her entire family is executed, and the capital's wealthy merchant household vanishes. After her older sister enters the palace, she too disappears without a trace, her fate unknown. For the sake of the only family she has left, she sets out on a path of no return. From a fallen rich girl, she rises step by step to the top once more, where she and her beloved can spend their lives together.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.