A stubborn, long-suffering orphan bent on revenge × a cold on the outside, unhinged and devoted minister
Gu Qingheng × Shen Yanci
The person Gu Qingheng most wants to kill in this life is named Shen Yanci.
He is the Grand Secretary of the current dynasty, with power over the entire court, and the man who killed her master. The cup of poisoned wine he served three years ago took her master's life. Three years later, she slips into the capital to take his. But before she can make her move, an imperial edict of marriage arrives, sending her straight into the Shen household.
On their wedding night, he knocks over the nuptial wine and grips her chin. “I hear you went to great lengths to marry into the Shen family, even offering your master's keepsake as a token of allegiance?”
Before long, the whole capital knows that Madam Shen is unloved, keeps to herself, and lives worse than the guard dog at the manor gate. Shen Mingzhu orders her to kneel and serve tea, and she does. The housekeeper withholds her charcoal and food, and she endures it. Shen Yanci never even looks her in the eye, and she accepts that too.
But no one knows that during those secluded days, she practices swordsmanship in the woods outside the city. No one knows that when he has a fever and clutches her hand, he calls out another woman's name.
And no one knows that at the moment her sword pierces his chest, a farewell letter is hidden in his sleeve, revealing the truth she could never bring herself to say.
“If there is another life, I wish to be a disciple of Qingheng, watching you practice your sword every day.”
Strong heroine | Intense push and pull | He suffers as he pursues her | Tragic ending
