The Year the Heavy Snow Crushed the Plum Blossoms

[An anxious heir to a duke's estate x a noble-born young woman who fears nothing]

"Miss Xue, you want this too, don't you?"

After learning that Qi Xue was ready to run away at any moment, Chen Yu refused to let her remain someone who could simply walk away whenever she pleased. He wanted her to promise him!

Raised in the palace as a child, the young nobleman grew weary of life after enduring endless schemes.

After being sent out of the palace, he was the Duke's legitimate son, yet willingly sank into the squalor of the marketplace. Then, one year at Cheng'an Temple, he happened to glimpse a figure beneath a plum tree.

From that moment on, Chen Yu plotted his way forward, keeping close at every step. His long-closed heart began beating with wholehearted passion for Qi Xue alone.

But those in high positions cannot afford to be sentimental. Chen Yu's marriage had long since been assigned a price, and the Qi family would never be his in-laws…