Shen Zhiyi thought she had married her soulmate and believed they would share a harmonious life together.
But when her husband, Yun Chenjing, returned after passing the imperial examinations, he brought along the woman he called the love of his life.
Shen Zhiyi was branded a cruel shrew who tormented her concubine just for making her drink a cup of concubine's tea.
She was accused of being intolerant and even of harming an innocent child for merely glancing at her husband's illegitimate son.
Fine, fine. They're true love, and she's the villain. Shen Zhiyi has her pride, so she might as well wash her hands of it all and live quietly, turning a deaf ear to everything around her.
But Cheng An'an, so delicate she supposedly can't even look after herself, claimed she accidentally spilled rat poison into Shen Zhiyi's food with a twitch of her hand...
And Yun Chenjing did nothing but comfort his tearful beauty, who insisted it had been an innocent mistake.
Thus, a matriarch faded away without a sound. Shen Zhiyi could only regret that in life she had lacked ambition and never fought for what she wanted.
When she opens her eyes again, she has returned to the day Yun Chenjing came home after passing the imperial examinations.
This time, without her making money for the household, let's see how they'll afford delicacies, silk and brocade, and a life of daily indulgence.
Romance? It takes money to sustain. The Yun family is nothing but an impressive facade, empty inside.
Money? It was all earned by her, Shen Zhiyi, after countless days and nights spent poring over the household accounts once she married in.
