Her name was Lin Wan, an emergency room nurse who died in a fire.
When she woke, she had become Yu Er Ya (Yu Qianqian), a farm girl from Jiangnan who had been sold into the Marquis's household as a concubine. Covered in wounds, she was locked in a woodshed to await death.
His name was Qi Min, the eldest son of Prince Changxin, though in truth he was the last surviving heir of the Eastern Palace.
His face had been scarred beyond recognition in a fire, and he wore a silver half-mask at all times.
Every year, when it was time to replace his skin, he felt as if he were making a brush with death.
That year, as he lay in agony, near death, someone took his hand.
It was the first time anyone had held his hand since his mother died.
From then on, she could never escape him.
Three years later, at Yixiang Tower in Lin'an Town, she had become a charming, resourceful proprietress. With her three-year-old son, Yu Bao'er, she was thriving.
He appeared before her as a “rice merchant from the capital.”
This wasn't a pursuit of a wife, but a hunt.
This wasn't a reunion, but the start of another imprisonment.
She thought being imprisoned by him was the most terrifying thing.
Only later did she learn the most terrifying thing was watching him imprison himself.
He thought what he wanted most was to keep her by his side.
Only later did he learn what he wanted most was for her to stay of her own free will.
When a blade was held to Bao'er's throat, she put on fine clothes and knelt to beg for mercy.
When his forces crumbled in defeat, she brought him a bowl of poisoned soup.
He smiled as he drank. “To die by your hand is the best ending I could ask for.”
She stood still, tears falling, but did not reach out.
That was the last gift she gave him: freedom.
The CP I particularly like in Zhuyu is more interesting than the one in the original drama. Please update it soon!!!