On her wedding day, her fiancé, Pei Jing, elopes with her half-sister, leaving Shen Ruojin humiliated and the laughingstock of the capital. But how could a general’s daughter be so easily defeated? At this critical moment, Shen Ruojin makes a decisive turn and marries her would-be brother-in-law, Qin Lang, on the spot.
Qin Lang, the second young master of the Prince of Zhennan’s household, is notorious throughout the capital for his womanizing ways and is considered the city’s biggest troublemaker. When Pei Jing hears that Shen Ruojin has remarried, he sneers, “You’re just after his money. You’ll regret marrying him one day!” Everyone waits to see the joke unfold, certain Qin Lang is only playing around.
Shen Ruojin’s ambitions lie with the world beyond her household, not a life shut away behind its walls. She brushes off everyone’s doubts with a smile. She and Qin Lang agree to divorce after a year. For now, she plans to use his status as cover while she bides her time and clears the Shen family’s name.
Who could have guessed that married life would gradually change? Qin Lang is captivated by Shen Ruojin’s bold, confident spirit and starts plotting to turn their pretend marriage into a real one. As they grow closer, Shen Ruojin discovers that Qin Lang is not the wastrel he appears to be. He, too, was once a dashing young man, but the shifting tides of court politics drove him to deliberately disguise himself as a degenerate.
As the story unfolds, Shen Ruojin heads to the border battlefield to clear the Shen family’s name. Qin Lang turns over a new leaf, sits for the imperial examinations, and comes first, doing everything he can to support Shen Ruojin. Along the way, their feelings grow warmer and deeper.
Later, the shocking truth behind the destruction of the entire Shen family comes to light,
