Xie Lingyi, a concubine from the Xie family of a declining noble family, was the most worthless young lady in the capital until she was fourteen years old.
Seven years ago, Shen Yanqing, a scholar from a poor family, stayed in the Xie Mansion. He was humiliated in public by the Xie family's legitimate brother and kicked out by Mrs. Xie who poured sour porridge on him.
Seven years later, Shen Yanqing won the title of Sanyuan, and the Xie family was uprooted with a piece of paper - the men were beheaded and the women were enslaved.
Xie Lingyi disappeared into the Jiaofang Division, changed his name to "Aman", and danced to survive.
At the Hua Chao Festival night banquet, Shen Yanqing unveiled her veil in front of everyone and ridiculed her, "Do you still remember that bowl of sour porridge?"
He took her into his concubine, but ordered her to kneel down and copy the "Xie Family Instructions" every night.
Xie Lingyi ground a broken bowl into a sharp hairpin and hid it in his bun every day, just to pierce his throat at the last moment.
However, before the hairpin came out of its sheath, she coughed up blood and died.
Among the relics, Shen Yanqing found that his name was engraved on the tail of the porcelain hairpin - it turned out to be the epitaph she left for herself.
He knelt in the ruins of Xie's Mansion for three days with his hairpin in his arms. Snow fell all over his head. From then on, no one dared to mention the word "thank you".
