“They say she's dull as a fool and as unruly as a rogue. They say he's brilliant and peerlessly handsome.” An imperial edict ordered them to marry. On their wedding day, she made a complete spectacle of herself and was thrown out before the ceremony could even begin. In public, she was crude and boorish, the foolish eldest daughter of the Right Chancellor and the dim-witted princess consort of Prince Ji's household. In secret, she was a miraculous healer and also the number-one “young master” of Liuzhou. She wanted nothing more than to sever her ties with the royal family, but she couldn't get a divorce. Instead, she ended up becoming sworn siblings with her own husband. When he learned her true identity, he was shocked and furious, overjoyed yet heartbroken. “You knew I've been searching for you all this time. You were right there beside me, my wife, yet you tricked me into writing a letter of divorce. Si Ruying, how could you be so cruel?” “But I don't want to be your wife.” Later, she came to understand only this: she was the one he'd branded on his heart, and there was no escaping him or hiding away.
