[One-on-one romance + devoted to each other + punishing scoundrels + equally matched leads + satisfying power fantasy]
The thirteenth day of the sixth month, in the eleventh year of Jingzhao.
The day after Shen Zhuohua, the legitimate daughter of General Shen Yangbei, marries Lin Siqi, General of the Cavalry, the Shen family is imprisoned for treason. On the third day, the entire family is executed.
Because Lin Siqi uses his military achievements to pay for her crime, Shen Zhuohua escapes exile to the borderlands, where she would have been forced into prostitution.
After her family’s fortunes suddenly collapse, Shen Zhuohua discovers that her husband, Lin Siqi, is having an affair with her cousin, Shen Rourou. Heartbroken, she asks for a divorce, but he refuses...
The capricious Prince Regent Xiao Yu reaches out to her.
“Miss Shen, if you’re in trouble, you can come to my manor.”
Later, Shen Zhuohua is summoned to the palace. She thinks the Empress Dowager will take her side, but even the woman who has always cherished her tries to stop her from divorcing Lin Siqi...
“Zhuo’er, you must not divorce Lin Siqi.”
With nowhere else to turn, she goes to the Prince Regent’s manor.
“I beg Your Highness to help me.”
Only much later does Shen Zhuohua learn that she didn’t escape disaster because of Lin Siqi. It was Xiao Yu who used his power to ensure she could stay safely in the capital.
