Censor Jiang’s remonstrance ended with blood on the execution ground, and his entire family was condemned to death. Four-year-old Jiang Qingyue supposedly “died of illness” in prison, but in truth, the Sixth Prince, aided by a mysterious force, secretly switched her out.
Forced to forget her real name while living in the depths of the Shen household, she became Lin Qingci, the daughter of the merchant Lin family. Ten years later, her childhood friend and cousin Shen Mingli wants to propose marriage, her nominal brother Lin Yansheng has fallen for her, and the Sixth Prince, who once risked his life to save her, appears again.
Three men with entirely different identities, and a past crushed beneath the weight of imperial power. When the old case is reopened, she stands at a crossroads: will she continue living safely as a merchant’s daughter, or reveal her true identity and reclaim everything that was taken from her?
A lament for a noble house, and a half-told tale of Chang’an’s shifting fortunes. Watch as the daughter of a disgraced official finds her name and her homeland again in a world that devours the weak.
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