Everyone in the capital knows that Huo Shiyuan, heir to the Prince of Zhenbei, is a cruel, lecherous wastrel.
Shen Nianqing knows it too, so when she’s forced to marry him in someone else’s place, she decides to keep her head down and simply make it through each day.
But on their wedding night, the rumored villain, with a face that looks utterly chaste, coldly draws a line between them. “We stay out of each other’s business.”
Shen Nianqing is delighted. This is a great deal!
She quietly builds up her strength in the rear courtyard while he pretends to be a wastrel at court. They live in peace.
Until a casual favor she does for someone stirs up trouble in the court, while he, though seemingly carefree and flirtatious, secretly clears every obstacle in her way.
One day, he places evidence of the Marquis’s residence’s downfall before her. “I got what you wanted for you.”
Watching this man steadily diverge from the rumors, Shen Nianqing falls into deep thought.
What happened to the wicked heir? Why isn’t he following the script?
He puts an arm around her waist and chuckles.
“My lady, after keeping up this act for so long, it’s time I collected my reward.”
