(Devoted husband, love after marriage, he grovels to win her back!)
Shangguan Ruoxue comes from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in the 21st century. As a child, she gathered herbs and learned martial arts in the mountains with her grandfather. She grew up with exceptional medical skills and martial arts prowess. Wanting to leave her family's protection and see the outside world, she joined an international rescue team. During one mission, she met with an unfortunate accident and transmigrated...
He is Xuan Yuan Jian, the Prince of Ming, a battle-hardened god of war in the Qianyuan Dynasty and the emperor's younger brother. During a war with the Nanyue Dynasty, he spreads a false report that he has been gravely wounded and has little time left, hoping to trick the enemy. This sends his mother, Noble Consort Xiao, into a panic back in the capital. Following the advice of Chongming, an esteemed Daoist from the Imperial Astronomy Bureau, she seeks out a woman with the Metal element in her destiny to bring him good fortune through a wedding.
After searching all of the capital, Noble Consort Xiao finds that the woman is none other than the beloved daughter of Shangguan Zheng, a deputy minister of the Court of Judicial Review. Upright and incorruptible, Shangguan Zheng has remained faithful to one wife even in an era when men commonly had several. Though his first wife died soon after giving birth to their daughter, Shangguan Ruoxue, Shangguan Zheng gladly raised her on his own, playing the role of both father and mother. His precious daughter is still a month away from her coming-of-age ceremony, yet they want to drag her off to bring good fortune to a dying man! Even a saint would have their limits!
“Don't worry, darling. At worst, your father will resign and take you traveling across the land...”
“Father, resigning would be such a waste. That big sucker is practically begging to be fleeced. We should take him for all he's worth, then go travel the world...”
“Shangguan Ruoxue, in the Prince of Ming's household, you can become a widow, but there will be no divorce, and I will never dismiss you...”
