He Lanzhao, the general of Zhenbei, betrayed the country and had his entire family executed, except for his daughter He Lanci.
An old marriage certificate sent her to the capital to marry Lu Yanqing, a Hanlin scholar she had never met.
On the wedding night, the groom did not show up and only asked someone to tell him: "Sleep by yourself."
Everyone in the house knew that she was the daughter of the guilty minister and a substitute bride, and even the servants dared to look down on her.
He Lanci neither cried nor fussed. He held the knife left by his father on his waist and smiled coldly: "Everyone lives in his own place, and don't bother anyone."
She endured the crime in the house during the day and secretly investigated the truth about her father's injustice at night.
But she didn't know that her cold-faced and taciturn husband Lu Yanqing had already been sharpening her knives, paving the way, and blocking arrows for her in secret.
Later, when she had irrefutable evidence, he wrote an appeal, and the couple worked together to bring down the real culprit.
The court was shocked, and the emperor personally vindicated the accusation.
Everyone in the capital is spreading the word: General Helan's daughter is a ruthless person.
But Lu Yanqing only said lightly——
"She is my wife, I am used to her."
