Ruan Qinghe, the legitimate daughter of the Ruan family in Jiangnan, married into the Shenzhai Hou Mansion with her last admiration for Xiao Jinghan, the "heroic and upright" Marquis of Jingbei.
But on the wedding night when the candles were burning, he stayed in the courtyard of "White Moonlight" Su Wanrou; she worked hard to find clues about the corruption of military rations, but what she got in exchange was his suspicion that "you have been looking at the Su family's excuses"; she braved the rain to protect Guan Guan However, he angrily accused her of "collaborating with the enemy" and even slandered her father who died in the battle. She spent her dowry to clean up the mess at Su Wanrou's birthday party, but what she got was the humiliation of "imitating Wanrou's carefulness".
Su Wanrou's tears are sharp blades, and Xiao Jinghan's favoritism is poison. When the fragment of the phoenix crown that symbolized her sincerity was crushed in the charcoal fire, Ruan Qinghe finally understood: There was never a place for her in this deep house, and this man was never worthy of her expectations.
She put away all her weakness and hid her heart full of ashes. Nanny Qin's calmness, Qiushi's appropriateness, and Chunhua's protection have become her last armor.
Since sincerity cannot be exchanged for sincerity, then use wisdom to find a way out. She no longer fought for his return, but quietly took care of her dowry, laid out her property, and supported herself in the small area of the Hou Mansion.
When her tea leaves were spread to the most prosperous street corners in the capital, and when her name was bound to "Shopkeeper Ruan" instead of "Mrs. Hou", the man who once regarded her as dust finally began to look back...
