After transmigrating as the Yue Kingdom's lowliest live-in son-in-law, Jiang Chen opens his eyes with a blade at his throat. He's married to "Xi Shi," but she's a substitute who doesn't dare reveal her real name.
Everyone envies him for winning the peerless beauty's hand, but only Jiang Chen knows his bride is Shi Yiguang, a prisoner trapped inside the identity of "Xi Shi."
From the start, he takes on the fake Xi Shi head-on, publicly amends the death-contract, and uses web-novel tropes and modern know-how to turn the Wu-Yue power struggle upside down!
A jade pendant without inscriptions conceals a secret, the five Shi bloodline bears a curse, the Sea God's revenge looms, and Wen Zhong has been laying plans for fifty years...
While everyone else searches for the real Xi Shi, Jiang Chen protects the Shi Yiguang by his side. "You don't have to be Xi Shi. Just be yourself."
A son-in-law's rise + the real and fake Xi Shi + political intrigue and reversals + the struggle for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn period. From Kuaiji to the Chu capital, from a substitute's cage to the people's allegiance, this time, I'll keep you safe!
