After a Mistaken Marriage to a Powerful Official, the Madman Turns Out to Be Irresistible

When Jiang Shiyuan lifted her veil, the autumn wind outside swept through the ginkgo leaves scattered across the ground, yet it could not stir the last flicker of emotion in her heart. The Pei family's wedding procession was quieter than she had imagined. Even the suona seemed to have been silenced. She had thought this was merely a marriage of convenience, a graceful way to escape Shen Lüchu. But when that figure in black stepped inside, she realized that fate would never let her truly walk away.

She had married into the heart of a mighty family, not to the spoiled playboy of the rumors. Pei Yanzhi, a man whose name was as cold and hard as a blade, had become her husband. He was sickly, sinister, and always plotting several steps ahead, as if every word he spoke concealed a scheme. Jiang Shiyuan navigated their honeymoon-like probing with trepidation, only to discover that this marriage was far more complicated than it appeared. It was the beginning of a game of chess, a contest between power and emotion.

By the time the truth came to light, the line between love and political intrigue had long since blurred. If she could begin again, would she still choose to enter this grand mansion? Or should she never have believed that this "wrong marriage" was merely one of fate's jokes?

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