In accordance with her parents' final wishes, Liu Ruoling marries into the Zhang family, spends her own dowry to fill the family's financial holes, and learns the hard way that no amount of sincere affection can warm a heart that has none.
Her husband cheats, her mother-in-law schemes, and her husband's mistress frames her, pushing Liu Ruoling into a desperate corner step by step.
Reborn one day, Liu Ruoling vows never to let herself end up in that situation again. This time, she will fight for a way to survive.
When her mother-in-law uses moral pressure to make her offer herself to a powerful minister, Liu Ruoling turns the tables and urges her to go herself. When the second branch of the family tries to force her into the minister's bed, she has the second branch's wife bound and sent in her place.
Excellent, just excellent. Liu Ruoling is thoroughly pleased with the masterpiece she's made since being reborn. Let them tear each other apart like dogs!
"Madam, I don't make losing deals. Unless you put yourself on the line."
"My lord, please behave yourself. We're only business partners. And the child won't bear your surname." With a flick of her wrist, Liu Ruoling pushes open the door and walks out of the marquis's estate without a backward glance.
