She should have married into a prince's household, but instead became a merchant's concubine. She should have had a loving husband and children, but met a tragic end. Given a second life, Shen Jingyue would turn her world upside down and take control of her fate.
The three obediences and four virtues. Obey the rules and stay in your place. As the legitimate daughter of the main branch, she was expected to be kind and put the greater good first. Shen Jingyue had been manipulated to death by those sixteen characters. She should have married into a prince's household, but became a merchant's concubine. She should have had a husband and children, but her young daughter and son died before their time, and her body was buried in a mass grave. She met a miserable end.
Even Heaven couldn't bear to see her suffer such a cruel fate. Now that she had returned, she swore to live for herself.
The three obediences and four virtues? What are those?
Kindness and putting the greater good first? Not a chance!
The greater good? You'd better start explaining yourself, you wretched little sister.
Obeying the rules? ...Shen Jingyue looked at her prim and proper husband, whose face was wickedly handsome, and felt the demon suppressed inside her for two lifetimes stirring...
The whole book is rich in content and well plotted. It's very interesting.
Brilliantly written.
It sounds good and is well written.