In her past life, Shen Zhiyi trusted the wrong man, bringing ruin upon her entire family and sending them into exile. She burned herself to death, consumed by hatred.
Reborn, she finds an imperial edict ordering her to enter the selection for the palace harem at her door. To escape the prison of the imperial court, she decisively chooses the capital’s laughingstock: General Lu Jingyuan, bedridden for three years.
After marrying into the general’s residence, she plans to use the marriage as a stepping stone. She manages the household and starts her own businesses, hoping to save enough money to take her parents far away to their old home in Anyang.
Who could have guessed that her cheerful antics would bring life to the desolate general’s residence, or that her fierce loyalty and sharp tongue would cow the petty troublemakers? She has no idea that the “sickly man” coughing blood in his wheelchair is coldly watching everything she does.
When thieves break in at night, she makes a scene at the authorities’ office to win sympathy. Then the mastermind quietly gets what he deserves. When someone smashes her business, she’s ready to confront them, only to find her enemy already behind bars.
War flares up at the border, and the officials at court are at a loss. Then the general, bedridden for three years, appears in armor beneath the moon, his gaze as sharp as ever.
He pretended to be paralyzed to avoid trouble; she plotted her escape. In this marriage, with both of them harboring their own plans, who will fall in love first?
When his hidden illness becomes his protective shield and military honors give her peace of mind, how will this couple join forces to forge a life of peace and quiet in the northern frontier, under the suspicion of the imperial family?
