Three Years a Slave, Now the Entire Marquis's Estate Kneels and Begs Me to Stay

During the Yongsheng era of the Great Zhou dynasty, the rule of bloodline supremacy was a chain that bound everyone's fate. The Marquis of Zhenbei enjoyed boundless prestige at court, and Shen Qinghuan had been cherished as the family's legitimate daughter for fifteen years. But when the truth of her identity came to light, she fell from the clouds into the mire. Everyone turned against her without a shred of mercy and sentenced her to the Laundry Bureau. For three years, icy water, backbreaking labor, and unjust beatings left countless scars on her body.

When Shen Qinghuan returned, her body broken, the marquis's family, once so haughty, fell to their knees, weeping and begging for her forgiveness. It turned out that the true daughter who had taken her place seemed gentle and virtuous on the surface, but harbored wicked intentions and plunged the family into one crisis after another. During her three years at the Laundry Bureau, Shen Qinghuan had unexpectedly met a mysterious figure and uncovered secrets powerful enough to overturn the imperial court.

Now, the court is rife with undercurrents, and all sides are stirring at Shen Qinghuan's presence. Some want to exploit the secrets she holds; others want to erase her completely. At the crossroads of fate, will Shen Qinghuan forgive the marquis's family and join forces with them to avert disaster, or repay cruelty with cruelty and make those who hurt her pay? This grand drama of revenge and redemption begins in earnest, as power and emotion intertwine.