[No transmigration, no rebirth + household intrigue + the fate of the nation + legendary general + political schemes + legitimate daughter vs. concubine-born son] [I’m no good at writing blurbs]
The Shen and Xiao households severed ties thirty years ago.
Shen Muqing is the second legitimate daughter of a prominent family in Guanxi. Raised in the countryside, she has been spoiled into a sweet and sheltered young woman.
After meeting him, she suffers one setback after another and is rejected in marriage. She falls from the status of Crown Princess to become a laughingstock.
Xiao Zigui is a concubine-born son. He survives countless hidden attacks, growing up cautiously with a smile on his face. He has to fight for every chance to stay alive, and all his talents go unrecognized.
After meeting her, his heart is filled. He swears to raise her to the highest position, yet in the end she falls from her pedestal and becomes the object of ridicule.
She says, “Xiao Zigui, I don’t want to be a pawn of the powerful anymore.”
He says, “All right. Then I’ll bring power to you and let you choose.”
Since the world has hurt and humiliated her, he will fight fate to the bitter end, win them a future, and become her shield, protecting her!
And so a maelstrom that crosses social classes unfolds in the capital.
Later, he offers a fortune in betrothal gifts, and she arrives in a splendid bridal procession. Together, they begin the story of a lifetime.
“May I find one true-hearted love, and stay with them until our hair turns white.”
