A Marriage Contract with Shen Wuyou

A marriage contract sent Shen Wuyou, a concubine-born daughter skilled in architecture and feng shui, to the declining Marquis of Jing’an’s residence, where she was to bring good luck to the gravely ill young marquis.

Once her wedding finery was removed, she found the bridal chamber cold. This grand, luxurious mansion was nothing but a golden cage with sinister feng shui. The matriarch hid knives behind her smile, her sisters-in-law spoke honeyed words with daggers in their hearts, and every blade of grass and tree in the courtyard where she lived concealed a deadly trap.

While others fought over jewels and favor, she fought over beams, dripping eaves, and human hearts.

Shen Wuyou wielded her brush like a blade and used blueprints as a shield. Without making a fuss, she changed the layout and turned the tide. She would survive, and she would thrive.

Just as she thought this was merely a fight for survival in the inner household, the mysterious prince Xiao Jue, who wore the mask of a frail invalid, revealed an even vaster game of intrigue. The marquis’s decline, the power struggles at court, and a lost military tally all pointed to a conspiracy capable of toppling the dynasty.

He saw her as a pawn, but she intended to become the one moving the pieces.

“The greatest cage in this world is the human heart. And I will use the rules in my hands to carve out a world of my own.”