Su Qing, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Personnel’s household, has been infatuated with General of the Cavalry Lu Fengtai for years. After going to great lengths to become his wife, she discovers that marriage is nothing like she imagined. The general treats her with courtesy but has no affection for her. Her closest friend, Wu Xinrou, a clever concubine-born daughter of the Vice Minister of Revenue, sees Su Qing struggling alone in the general’s household and does something astonishing: she marries the widowed old general and becomes Su Qing’s... mother-in-law!
The old general dotes on his young second wife, and no one in the household dares look down on the two friends. Just as life begins to improve, Lu Fengtai returns victorious with a “lifesaver” named Liu Mei and insists on taking her as a co-wife. Furious, Su Qing demands a divorce: “I, Su Qing, will never be a pathetic fool forced to share my husband!”
Hearing this, Wu Xinrou immediately declares, “If you divorce him, I will too! I only married into this family to protect you.” Her words send the old general into a thunderous rage, and he orders his son to win his wife back. The two women, so different in temperament, are also prompted by this upheaval to reconsider their marriages and the choices they have made in life...
The plot is compact, the characters are full of personality, and the story lines are clear and smooth. It is worth looking forward to. The Queen Mother is so brave