A traditional romance: marriage first, love later, a long-planned scheme, and a tragic romance. After a plot by her stepmother, Lin Ruojin is sent to live at a temple for many years. When she is brought back ten years later, she sees her own elder sister marrying her fiancé with her own eyes.
Perhaps because they had never met, the sight stirs no feelings in her. But an unfortunate misunderstanding gives her stepmother an excuse to deliberately make life difficult for her, finding fault with Lin Ruojin at every turn. To cover up the truth, she hurriedly makes Lin Ruojin choose a widower whose wife died in childbirth. Yet he is a true gentleman who knows propriety and keeps to his principles. Before leaving on a diplomatic mission to a neighboring kingdom, he gives Lin Ruojin a box of red beans to express his feelings… She thinks that marrying him and living such an ordinary, unremarkable life would be quite nice.
An unexpected invitation to a palace banquet leads to an engagement with Prince Jun.
Was Prince Jun deliberately plotting against her, laying a trap for a caged bird, or was her beauty what drew him in and made him want her for himself?
Lin Ruojin says, “Our bond in this life is too thin. I can only hope we meet again in the next!”
Jing Jun spends his whole life with only her, sharing a bed in life and a grave in death.
But how did she end up attracting a foreign prince? That was a pure accident.
Ming Yixuan loves her deeply and promises her the rest of his life: “From now on, I will cherish what you cherish and love what you love. I only hope not to let you down in this life.”
“The prince deserves someone better by his side.”
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In the end, it is a pity that beauty is so often short-lived, and once gone, never returns…
