Everyone knew that Shen Xianyue, the legitimate daughter of the chancellor's residence, had been infatuated with the heir of Prince Duan for three whole years. She paid no heed to public opinion and willingly became the laughingstock of the capital.
What they didn't know was that the tenderness in her eyes had always been meant for someone else.
When the heir began discussing marriage and humiliated her in public, she finally realized that the man before her was no longer the person she once knew. She turned and walked away without hesitation.
Later, the heir knelt in the rain, his eyes red:
“Just look at me once more, for the sake of this face.”
The man rumored to have died in battle appeared with an imperial decree of marriage and shielded Shen Xianyue:
“She need only look at me.”
