The eldest daughter of the Yu family lost her father as a child. Because of her father’s crimes, she married into the wealthiest family in Shengjing.
The imperial merchant Cheng family had two sons. The younger son, Cheng Wu, was a good-for-nothing whose greatest wish in life was to have someone spend the family fortune for him. He never expected an old agreement to bind them together.
The capital was rife with factions, and as they reopened old cases, the two of them were repeatedly caught up in political strife. This brought down a generation of imperial merchants, and the young couple were forced to flee. The spoiled young master vanished into the countryside, where he made a living farming and lay low as he waited for the right moment...
