Record of Drifting Fragrance

A concubine-born daughter forced into a replacement marriage, treading on thin ice. A dissolute husband, cold as frost.

The world laughs at me for marrying into a prestigious family, never knowing that the branch I climbed is covered in thorns, bitterly cold and sharp.

The legitimate daughter of the Shen family was gravely ill and refused to marry, so the concubine-born Shen Yunzheng was forced into the bridal sedan and became the second wife of Xie Lin, Marquis of Yanyun.

On their wedding night, she was left alone in an empty room while her husband got drunk in his study, making her the laughingstock of the capital.

Within the marquis's sprawling residence, her mother-in-law scrutinized her, her sisters-in-law excluded her, and the servants treated her with contempt.

Everyone said that simply becoming the marquis's wife was already an immense blessing for a girl of her birth.

But a hollow title was never what she wanted.

Xie Lin watched her coldly.