[Traditional historical romance + household intrigue + revenge on scoundrels + both leads are pure + sweet indulgence]
In her previous life, Wen Zhiyi married down to the impoverished scholar Zhu Zhiyuan to repay him for saving her life. She put the Zhu family first in everything, worked herself to the bone to advance his career, endured her mother-in-law's cruelty, and even agreed to let the pregnant Qi Nianwei into the household...
Yet she ended up having her blood drained and being tortured to death, with not even a body left behind.
Living her life over again, Wen Zhiyi is done putting up with it. Everyone who mistreated her will pay.
When a shameless concubine arrives with a child on the way, Wen Zhiyi uses a small trick to expose the Zhu household's scandal once and for all.
The family who once loved one another turns against itself, full of resentment. Wen Zhiyi sits back, builds up her private fortune, and coolly watches them fight to the death...
Just as Wen Zhiyi is preparing to divorce,
Zhu Zhiyuan, now overwhelmed by troubles of his own making, comes crawling back to curry favor with her.
But he doesn't know that, just beyond a door, someone has bound Wen Zhiyi's hands with red silk and pinned her to the bed. Shen Weizhi, the young master of the Duke of Jing's household, leans close to her ear and chuckles: “That day, it was you, Ayi, who said saving your life meant you'd give yourself to me. How can you go back on your word?”
Wen Zhiyi meets the man's deep, obsessive black eyes and her mind goes blank. Oh no! She'd mistaken someone else for the one who saved her, and had used Shen Weizhi again and again before tossing him aside!
Now this man is going to make her pay back every bit, with interest...
