She is the unluckiest illegitimate daughter in the marquis’s household. Born with eyes of different colors and the ability to transfer pain, she is treated like a monster.
He is a young marquis famed for his military victories. Paralyzed in both legs and abandoned by his family, he wants nothing but to die.
On a snowy night, she crawls through a dog hole and feeds him a cheap piece of ginger candy.
“Third Brother, eat this and it won’t hurt anymore.”
From then on, he risks his life to keep her safe, while she bears all his pain in his own place.
From a crippled castoff to the Duke of Dingguo, from a sickly illegitimate daughter to Princess Anning.
Together, they turn the imperial court upside down and bring the powerful who once trampled them underfoot.
But when her power turns against her and her memory begins to fade, he coaxes her like a madman:
“Yi’er, have you forgotten? I’m your childhood sweetheart and husband…”
Obsessive love · pseudo-siblings · healing and redemption · the husband’s long road to winning her back · misaligned feelings and mutual torment · a saint’s fall · a scoundrel’s sincere love