A Fateful Bond in a Noble House: Tears Stain My Wedding Dress, My Dreams Lie in Ruins

Leng Xinyue was once a beloved young lady of the Shangshu residence, exceptionally talented and kindhearted. Longing for a passionate love, she married into the renowned General’s Estate and became the principal wife of the eldest son, Xiao Yichen.

Yet married life dragged her into an endless abyss. Xiao Yichen was cold and distant toward her, and his neglect on their wedding night was only the beginning. After that, he treated her as though she didn’t exist. The concubines in the household followed his lead and bullied Leng Xinyue with impunity, taunting and tormenting her at every turn until she had tasted nothing but loneliness and humiliation within the marquis’s household.

At a family banquet, Xiao Yichen publicly stripped Leng Xinyue of her authority to manage the household as his principal wife, handing it to Lady Liu, his secondary wife, and utterly humiliating her in front of everyone. Leng Xinyue’s pleas and questions earned only his annoyance and reprimands. At that moment, her heart shattered completely, plunging her into despair.

But the wheels of fate kept turning. At her most difficult moment, Leng Xinyue unexpectedly discovered a secret that had been hidden in the General’s Estate for years. The secrets involved court intrigues and family feuds, and the forces behind them were tangled and complex, seemingly tied to the fate of the country itself.

As the secrets gradually came to light, Leng Xinyue was drawn into a far greater conspiracy. The upheaval also made her relationship with Xiao Yichen even more complicated. She struggled in anguish, caught between Xiao Yichen, whom she loved but who kept hurting her, and the unbearable feuds and schemes within the marquis’s household.

Amid this tangle of love and hatred, conspiracy and redemption, Leng Xinyue continued to