In the strictly hierarchical Shen Mansion, the word "concubine" was Shen Qingci's original sin. She was like a wisp of smoke locked in a wealthy house, her talent and brilliance deliberately buried by her mistress and sister-in-law.
During a flower-viewing banquet, she unintentionally recited the poem "Rain is like smoke amid the sound of cuckoos", which attracted the attention of Xiao Jingyan, the prince of Wu'an Hou. This glance ignited a light that had never been seen in her life, but it also aroused more vicious jealousy and persecution, and she almost died in the lotus pond.
In order to break free from the shackles, she was forced to get engaged hastily and went south to Jinling, only to discover the true face of her fiancé Xu Mingyuan who had cheated in the examination room and tortured and killed his wife. In a desperate situation, the white jade tea hairpin given by the prince was her only hope.
From then on, she was no longer a concubine who passively accepted her fate. With evidence in hand and her mother's family avenging her injustice, she stood side by side with him, bravely entered the Golden Palace, and faced the Emperor. When her family's century-old injustice was cleared up in her hands, she truly changed from "Shen Qingci" to "Ruan Qingci".
In the past, the locked doors were covered with smoke, but today I am writing a new chapter. Let's see how this wisp of "smoke" dissipates the haze. With knowledge as the bone and style as the soul, it will eventually become a bright light that illuminates others in the vast world.
