Blades Hide Deep in the Marquis's Manor: The Legitimate Daughter Has Returned, Make Way

Xie Xiaojuan, the legitimate eldest daughter of the Dingyuan Marquis's household, lost her birth mother young and spent ten years barely surviving under her stepmother's thumb. Everyone called her timid and useless. At eighteen, she was married off like a pawn to Ling Shuoyue, a young general stationed at the frontier: a crude, uncouth soldier with countless battle honors. No one expected this marriage to free Xie Xiaojuan from her cage and bring her face-to-face with someone truly willing to protect her.

But her stepmother refused to let her be, and one scheme followed another: intercepting her dowry, plotting against the child in her womb, and conspiring with palace consorts to frame the Ling family. Only then did Xie Xiaojuan understand: she thought she had escaped the marquis's household, but its knives had followed her to the ends of the earth.

Everyone thought Xie Xiaojuan was a dull blade, until it was drawn.

Three storylines unfold side by side: household intrigue within the marquis's estate, a frontier romance on the battlefield, and political struggles to redress a wrongful conviction. The heroine is as skilled at navigating the inner household as she is at seeing the bigger picture, while the hero is devoted to protecting his wife. Expect both satisfying triumphs and heartache.