She is a Cinderella toyed with by fate, forced to become a substitute bride in place of her older sister. At the engagement banquet, Huo Tingshen, Jiangcheng's most powerful “King of Hell,” arrives out of nowhere. With a single declaration, “Remember, from today on, you're mine,” he pulls her out of the mud and up into the clouds. A marriage contract signed in haste makes Su Wanxing the envy of everyone as Mrs. Huo. In the luxurious cage of the Dijing Manor, Huo Tingshen showers her with priceless jewels and adores her as his one-of-a-kind “Princess Star.” He delivers face-slapping justice to scumbags and their mistresses, and puts the wealthy families' bullies in their place, protecting her and declaring, “No one gets to tell my woman what to do!”
Yet beneath their sweet marriage, deadly schemes lurk. The terror of a plane crash, a letter from a mysterious grandmother, and torn-up family secrets... Su Wanxing is shocked to discover that she is blood-related to Shen Yuwei, Huo Tingshen's late sister-in-law. Her husband seems to be hiding an even deeper secret. Was their childhood meeting in the garden fate, or a carefully laid plan?
As the past comes flooding back and the mastermind emerges from the shadows, Su Wanxing must uncover the mystery of her birth and make her own light shine from a throne of thorns. From a lowly substitute to a dazzling star, her rise was paved by Mr. Huo, but she will defend it with her own hands!
