In the Great Jing Dynasty, Shen Qingci, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, is forced to accept an absurd imperial decree: she must marry Xiao Yu, a poor live-in son-in-law.
She is a pampered jewel of an aristocratic family, proud and exacting, unwilling to tolerate the slightest offense. From their first meeting, she despises her roguish husband and sees him as a disgrace.
He is a lowborn man who has married into her family. Sunny and carefree, he loves to grin and tease her as his “wife.” He seems good for nothing, yet somehow always “accidentally” gets them out of danger.
Underhanded schemes simmer within the Shen household, where her half-sister's manipulative tricks are endless. The palace is a treacherous whirlpool, with a lovesick prince's entanglements and a vengeful princess's descent into darkness closing in at every turn.
When the proud legitimate daughter collides with a son-in-law who plays the pig to eat the tiger, they go from clashing to cautiously relying on each other, from keeping secrets to solving crises side by side
She finally realizes that beneath his carefree facade lies the sharpness to turn the tide;
He, too, understands that beneath her hard shell of pride is a tenderness she keeps hidden from the world.
As shadows deepen behind the palace walls and a power struggle unfolds, how will this seemingly mismatched couple find their own path as a legitimate daughter and her devoted son-in-law, united as one?
