The First Lady's Perfect Image Has Crumbled

The third Miss of the Min household is the “daughter everyone else wishes they had” in the eyes of all the noblewomen in the capital. As the legitimate daughter of an official at the Imperial Academy and a companion to the princess, she is both talented and beautiful, proper in word and deed, and truly a model for the capital’s young ladies. What? A spoiled young lord saw her going in and out of brothels again and again? What? She pinned a young general against a wall with a dagger? What? She has her stepmother and half-sister completely under her thumb? No, that can’t be right! Miss Min is clearly a sweet, well-behaved little bunny. She wouldn’t do things like that, would she? Then, after Miss Min agrees to marry a young top graduate, she is caught meeting her lover in secret. At last, the emperor can no longer bear the fury of the capital’s disgraced noblewomen, and issues an angry decree: “Min Jiayin has disgraced herself as a model young lady and deceived the throne. She is to be exiled to the southern wilderness!” Fine, Miss Min packs her bags and sets off at once. Surely the southern wilderness needs a spirited young woman like her to bring the spark of culture? Hmph. Just wait, capital. When she returns, she’ll build herself a brand-new image as a formidable leading lady!