Jiang Ning, the illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's household, is forced by her stepmother to take another bride's place and marry Prince Jing, who is rumored to be “paralyzed in bed and moody.”
Pei Yan, the second son of the Chancellor, is forced by his father to marry in his elder brother's place, taking as his bride the duke's daughter, rumored to be “ill-fated, widowed young, and ugly.”
On their wedding night, the veils are lifted, and the two stare at each other in shock
“Why is it you?”
They had expected a den of tigers and wolves, but it turned out the other was an “old friend.” One is an illegitimate daughter cast aside by her family, the other a legitimate son pushed forward by his family to take the fall. The two clever souls hit it off and set up a stage in the capital called the “Prince's Mansion.”
