In a tragic massacre, Su Lianyun, a noble daughter of a Jiangnan aristocratic family, was suddenly devastated and became an orphan. In order to save her life, she was sent to the powerful Yongning Hou Mansion by her distant relatives and became a humble concubine.
In the deep courtyard of the Marquis Gate of the Hou Mansion, the people in the backyard are unpredictable and startling at every step. The first wife was cruel and jealous, her doting concubines were arrogant and domineering, her concubines crowded out and made things difficult for her, and her servants also humiliated her wantonly. When Su Lianyun first entered the mansion, she was abandoned in a remote cold hospital and suffered all kinds of cold treatment.
She is meek and timid on the outside, but on the inside she is tolerant and tenacious. She deliberately restrains her sharp edges and does not strive for honors and favors, but only seeks to live a stable life. An old jade pendant she carried with her became a clue to her secret pursuit of the truth behind her family's annihilation, but unexpectedly she was involved in a secret old case in the Hou Mansion that had been buried for many years.
Xiao Yanci, the indifferent and taciturn Marquis of Yongning who never gets involved in backyard disputes, encounters Su Lianyun in the cold courtyard on a rainy night. He looks askance at her and makes exceptions for her protection many times.
House fights ensue one after another, and the mysteries of her life experience emerge layer by layer. Su Lianyun endures the desperate plan and makes a comeback. The two were deeply entangled in love and hate amid the Hou Men's intrigues and fateful entanglements, and in the mortal world of the house, they forged a heart-breaking love affair with the Hou Men.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
