The Cast-Off Daughter Makes Her Name Known Across the Land, Winning the Emperor's Devotion

[Content Warning: The male lead is not a virgin, but the female lead is. Age gap. The male lead has been with no one else since meeting the female lead. Gentle male lead versus steadfast female lead]

[Just started getting ratings! The score will rise! The female lead will not return to her birth family.]

Song Nanzhi was born Chen Zhaodi. She is the daughter of Gu Qingwan, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Chengguo and wife of the Marquis of Yongning, who was abducted by bandits and gave birth to her.

The Duke of Chengguo's household sees her as a disgrace and refuses to acknowledge her. On a snowy night, they throw her out.

She believes she is sure to die, but fortunately, Master Qingxu happens to pass by. Taking pity on her, he brings her back to Mount Qingcheng, gives her a new name, and calls her Song Nanzhi.

With her master's careful guidance and her senior brothers' companionship, Song Nanzhi sheds her timidity, grows up, and becomes a renowned physician in the area.

Then Xu Shuyan and Xu Shuyao travel a great distance to Mount Qingcheng to ask Song Nanzhi to go to the capital and treat their mother Gu Qingwan's leg condition.

To repay Gu Qingwan for giving birth to her, Song Nanzhi agrees.

After arriving in the capital, one night when she is drunk, Song Nanzhi barges into a stranger's private room and shamelessly takes liberties with him.

She doesn't know that the man is Xie Xun, who has left the palace in disguise.

At the time, Xie Xun is plagued by nightmares, and his headaches are getting worse.

He meets a young girl in the hills behind the Temple of Imperial Grace. She fetches her master, and the two of them cure his headaches.

Later, the master and apprentice suddenly leave. He searches for a long time but cannot find her.

Then Song Nanzhi barges into his private room, and he recognizes her at once. The girl he has yearned for appears before him again, and Xie Xun will never let her go.

He is willing to set aside the dignity of an emperor and fiercely protect her.