The Legitimate Daughter's Gambit: A Broken Heart-Lock Still Binds Us

The triumphant comeback of Xu Jinli, a destitute orphan girl. After her stepmother drives her from home, she and her younger brother are on the verge of freezing to death in a blizzard when Wang Bisuo, the son of a wealthy merchant, rescues them. But she is forced to trade her body and soul for a place to stay. A relationship that begins with coercion grows into a complicated bond amid prejudice and probing tests. He is a powerful young heir from an influential family, yet in her he glimpses an untamed edge. She is an orphan dependent on others, yet her resilience shatters the defenses he has carefully built.

From the bitter rivalries in the inner chambers of the prince’s household to life-and-death battles in the business world, from the blades of family prejudice to the hidden arrows of gossip, the two gradually come to understand each other through their clashes. He lets go of his need to control and learns to show respect; she lowers her guard and opens her heart. When the crack in the silver bangle is mended by the passage of time, and the luster of “Li An Jin” illuminates the Silk Road, a bond that began with “broken jade” finally becomes a “match made in brocade,” forged through the collision of two souls and spanning class and prejudice.

This is no simple tale of salvation. In the storms of their era, two hearts clouded by dust turn “impossible” into a light for each other.