Xia Qing is the neglected legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister’s household in the imperial capital. After her mother died young and her father remarried, her stepmother and half-sister made life difficult for her at every turn. She is gentle and easily swayed, but she is not entirely helpless. When pushed past her limit, she quietly pays people back in kind, taking revenge with care. Her one hope is Guo Nian, heir to the Marquis of Dingbei, to whom she was betrothed as a child and who has spent years stationed on the northern frontier. She longs for him to return to the capital and marry her, taking her away from this nest of scheming.
That year, Guo Nian returned victorious. Cold and decisive on the battlefield, he fell in love at first sight when he met Xia Qing, so gentle yet so stubborn, but his clumsy words made her cry. Xia Qing had no idea he was her fiancé. When they met again at a palace banquet, she secretly plotted against her half-sister. Guo Nian witnessed everything and realized she was not as fragile as she looked. The third time they crossed paths, she was framed and sold into a brothel. Guo Nian rescued her in time, and in the chaos, their blood fell onto the exotic protective chain he always wore. From then on, they developed a strange connection: when she hurt, he hurt too, and when she blushed, he blushed too.
From that moment on, through the awkwardness and sweetness of sharing each other’s sensations, the two gradually uncovered the conspiracy in the Prime Minister’s household. Amid one laugh-inducing misunderstanding after another, they came to understand their feelings for each other. In the end, they exposed the truth behind the plot against her and married openly and honorably.
