Shen Zhiwei, who grew up in a distinguished family in the south of the Yangtze River, returned to Beijing at the age of 18 and was betrothed by his maternal grandfather to the cold-faced eldest son Xiao Jingyuan, who had the most power in the capital.
She hoped to get married peacefully, but she was maliciously plotted by her stepmother and concubine.
A carefully planned miss caused a deep misunderstanding between the two when they first met, and the gap was difficult to eliminate.
In front of others, she was a country daughter who was vulgar, arrogant and rude, but behind others, she was dignified, sober and self-possessed.
From cold eyes and alienation to silent support, an engagement wrapped in calculations gradually turned into the ultimate preference.
