Three Women Marry One Man

The old emperor is gravely ill.

His seven ravenous princes form factions at court to strengthen their power.

Any official with a daughter is forced to give her to one of them as a concubine.

Even that isn't enough for them.

In the end, the seven princes turn their attention to the daughters of wealthy merchants.

Jiang Huai, a merchant from Jiangnan, has three daughters.

The eldest, Jiang Luoqing, is as beautiful as a flower. She's read every book under the sun and aspires to serve at court.

The second, Jiang Luwei, is known as the most beautiful woman in Jiangnan. She's skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and excels at scheming.

The third daughter never applied herself to her studies. But she's never lost a fight against thugs and ruffians. Whenever she gets the chance, she sneaks silver out of the house to give to the neighborhood kids. Other than that, she just lazes around at home, waiting to die.

Who could have guessed that an imperial decree would betroth the Jiang sisters to three princes?

The eldest and second sisters are prepared for the palace intrigues.

But when Jiang Luoqi, the third sister, hears that she's to marry the brutal Seventh Prince, nicknamed the Cold-Faced King of Hell, she nearly wets herself in fright.

On her wedding night, Jiang Luoqi takes advantage of a moment when no one's looking and escapes from Prince Yu's residence.

Seeing a pitiful man in the residence, she performs a noble deed and carries him out on her back.

Carrying the man, Jiang Luoqi stumbles through the woods and gets lost. By now, she's in a wretched state.

A group of guards catches up. “Your Highness, if you didn't want to marry into the prince's residence, why are you carrying our prince away?”

“What? This sickly man is your prince?”

Jiang Luoqi's vision goes dark, and she faints on the spot...