Shen Hengzhi, the concubine of the Yongning Marquis Mansion, whose biological mother was the daughter of a merchant, has understood a truth since she was a child: sincerity is unreliable, and craftsmanship is the foundation of a career.
She originally thought that she would stay on her own terms until she got married. No matter who she married, she would be able to get on with her life.
Unexpectedly, according to an imperial decree, she was given to the eldest son of Zhenguo Palace - the rumored aloof, indifferent and unkind "Jade Faced Yama" Xiao Yanzhi.
Everyone in the capital said that she had reached a high level.
Xiao Yanzhi felt the same way.
He thought she was using tricks and didn't even give her a proper look on the day of the engagement.
Shen Hengzhi felt so happy that her husband would not disturb her, so she could study new dishes. Sweet-scented osmanthus, glutinous rice and lotus root, crab stuffed with orange, boiled cabbage... Were served on the table one after another, inadvertently capturing Mrs. Xiao's stomach and prying open the closed study door.
But when she discovered that the cold-faced man would secretly flip through the recipes late at night, frown when he tasted the difference in her cooking, and would say "too many red dates" duplicitously, she realized that this man was different from what she had imagined.
And Xiao Yanzhi also discovered that this seemingly docile concubine clearly had invisible thorns all over her body. She never pleases anyone, and she never cares about anyone. Even when he started to be tempted, she said to the maid: "It doesn't matter whoever you marry."
At that moment, he realized that he was the one who was attracted to her first.
The dignified eldest son of the Duke of Zhenguo has never pursued a woman. It doesn't matter, he has plenty of patience.
Isn't it just boiling a frog in warm water? He can afford it.
