In the third year Yan Yan had been Xie Tingzhi's concubine, he finally couldn't hold back and took her on a snowy night.
Three years earlier, the world was in chaos, and Yan Yan was like a rootless duckweed. After witnessing her close friend being violated and killed by bandits and marauders, she found herself a powerful protector: Xie Tingzhi, a renowned local tycoon.
The Xie household was fabulously wealthy, and its inner quarters were teeming with women.
To escape a life of fear and wandering, Yan Yan put all her effort into pleasing and seducing Xie Tingzhi, hoping to bear him a child so she could secure her place in the Xie family.
Just when she had finally conceived and could look forward to a peaceful, comfortable life, Xie Tingzhi was suddenly promoted to high office. The Xie family rose from ordinary merchants to imperial merchants, becoming the talk of the town.
The emperor granted Xie Tingzhi a marriage, and a princess was to become his wife. He was ordered to dismiss all the concubines and bedchamber maids in his household.
Yan Yan knew that even if she stayed, life would be difficult once the princess entered the household.
So she took the money and fled with the other women in the household.
Together, the women raise children and farm in the countryside, living carefree lives.
Who could have guessed that years later, a newly risen nobleman would suddenly show up at their door and go mad at the sight of two little boys who looked exactly like him?
(A touch of ensemble cast + pure love + sweet romance + female supporting characters with all kinds of personalities + farming later on)
Every storyline is fantastic! Overall, a heartwarming tale.
