After the Prince of Yue's rebellion, the century-old Cui clan collapsed overnight. Princess Xiao Mo, who was betrothed to the Cui family's second young master, seemed to become a different person after the case. Night after night, her princess's residence rang with music, crowded with performers and actors. By day, she drank and sang, but whenever night fell, she would hide beneath the covers and weep alone. To consolidate her maternal family's power, the empress arranged her marriage to her own nephew, Ning Yuan, less than a month after the Cui family's downfall. To resist the match, she and Ning Qian joined forces to expose a shocking case and successfully bring Ning Yuan down. While investigating Ning Yuan, she accidentally discovered that there might be more to the Prince of Yue's rebellion than met the eye. Determined to clear the Cui family's name, she decided to investigate further.
Ning Qian had been her childhood friend and had loved her since they were young. No matter what happened, he stood by her without hesitation. But the closer they grew, the more she realized that Ning Qian wasn't as simple as she had imagined. As the legitimate heir of the Di family, Di Wansheng was upright and had received a traditional Confucian education from childhood. He had always disapproved of Xiao Mo's outrageous behavior, but as they spent time together, he gradually found himself drawn to her.
Ning Qian catered to Xiao Mo in every way, never using or scheming against her in the slightest. No matter how she treated him, he always remained devoted to her, and that never changed. Yet when it came to anything besides Xiao Mo, he was smooth, thorough, and calculating, even ruthless. It seemed that no one but Xiao Mo mattered to him. Compared with Ning Qian, Di Wansheng was more like the beautiful ideal she had once cherished. He shared so much with her first love, Cui Anling. Once she realized how both men felt about her, she was caught in a painful dilemma.
