Tang Yuzheng is slandered by her younger sister, who claims she was having an affair, ruining her reputation. Her scumbag father and stepmother pile on, trying to drive her to her death and seize her dowry. To take down her rotten father and vile sister and claim the enormous dowry her late mother left her, she decides to find a man herself. But who knew none of them would agree to marry her?
The cool-headed powerful official: “You’re frivolous!”
She pursues him desperately for a month, but he won’t give her the time of day, only calling her frivolous.
The young general: “I have someone I love!”
She thinks he has feelings for her, but when his childhood sweetheart returns, he sneers, “I have someone I love. Why would I still be thinking about you?”
The arrogant prince: “I’m breaking off the engagement!”
Everyone in the capital knows she’s going to marry the prince, but then he calls her a vulgar shrew and insists on ending the engagement.
Tang Yuzheng finally agrees to a political marriage, but the three men end up chasing after the wedding procession, crying their eyes out.
The official: “You wrote love poems to me every day, then turned around and flirted with someone else! You can’t do that!”
The general: “I only said I had someone else in a fit of anger. I dream of marrying you!”
The prince: “If I’d known it was you, I’d never have broken off the engagement, even if it killed me!”
The three men pursue her relentlessly, hearts breaking: “Yuer, look at me one more time. Please, just one more look!”
Tang Yuzheng can’t decide: “Which one should I choose to brave the world with?”
The three men glare at each other, ready for a fight: “Once I’ve taken those two out, I’ll brave the world with you!”
[Theatrical, ruthless, irresistibly alluring heroine + unhinged, scheming, green-tea hero + a rivalry between suitors + vicious catfights + groveling exes + taming men + revenge and putting scumbags in their place]