[Gentle, Resilient Young Woman + Cold, Suspicious Powerbroker] [Wrongful Marriage] [Marriage Before Love]
Wen Qingyao, the adopted daughter of the Earl of Yongning's household, was brought to the estate as a child and raised as their legitimate daughter.
Eighteen years later, their true daughter, Wen Ying, was found and brought home.
Annoyed by Wen Qingyao's presence, she forced her to marry a sickly man to bring him good luck.
But on the wedding day, refugees flooded into the eastern part of the city, scattering the wedding procession.
By a twist of fate, Wen Qingyao was carried into the household of Xiao Yunhe, a cold-faced powerbroker who wielded authority over the court and held the post of Director of the Northern Garrison Bureau.
A man with real power, he soon discovered that the woman who had ended up by his side was the fake heiress who had been married to him by mistake.
But he suspected she was also a pawn planted in his household. Since his grandmother was gravely ill and needed a peaceful, joyous occasion to recuperate, he chose to hide the truth.
Wen Qingyao, however, thought he was a frail, sickly man with little time left. She fulfilled her duties as a wife, treating him gently and caring for him in every way.
That pure warmth gradually thawed Xiao Yunhe's heart, frozen for many years.
At last, she learned that she had married the wrong man and had been kept in the dark for days. Wen Qingyao insisted on leaving.
Xiao Yunhe stopped her and proposed a three-month marriage contract. “Stay with me, and I can give you everything you want.”
Theme: Marriage Before Love, a mistaken marriage that turns out to be a match made in heaven.
