Jiang Qiudi was the daughter of the current prime minister. She never expected the kingdom to fall overnight, and her father to personally hand her sister, once the queen of Yan, over to the new king. Jiang Qiudi, meanwhile, was caught in the political maelstrom. The new king treated her as a tool to balance power and arranged her marriage to Zheng Tong, Marquis of Wuping, a newly risen court official from a humble background. Jiang Qiudi expected married life to be dull and thought she would spend the rest of her life with a man like him. But after they wed, the rough, uncouth man turned into a devoted husband, and Jiang Qiudi thought perhaps this life wasn’t so bad after all. Then a sudden upheaval saw Zheng Tong demoted, and she had no choice but to go with him. With hardship ahead, the two must find a way to face it together.
The story begins with a marriage before love, told from the heroine’s perspective; from the hero’s perspective, it’s a secret love that finally comes true.
