Shen Qingwu was the legitimate daughter of the prince, but her engagement was broken off three times in succession, making her the laughing stock of the whole city. In a desperate situation, Xie Yan, the powerful rival, comes to ask for marriage, granting her the honor that no one dares to bully.
He broke his fingers at the palace banquet and burned scriptures in the monastery. He showed her blatant preference. She originally thought this was just a marriage of convenience, until she pushed open the secret compartment of his study on a rainy night - the yellowed scroll had been laid out by her and her hairpin, one every year, without interruption. In the corner of the earliest picture, there is a deep ink mark: In the spring of the ninth year of Yuanyou, I saw it for the first time.
It turned out that all the sudden protection was due to his ten-year silent gaze. When court conspiracies and old family cases swept through, she decided to break free from her wings and stand beside him with a sword in hand. From expediency to life-and-death support, the secrets hidden for ten years have finally become each other's most indestructible armor.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
