[Ancient Romance of the World | Family Portraits | Marriage First, Love Later | Female Growth] When she returned to Beijing at the age of fourteen, Gu Zhaoning learned that the dowry left by her mother had long been divided among the clan, and her marriage was the last bargaining chip for the Gu family to cling to the Marquis. Everyone advised her to accept her fate: it is the greatest dignity for a woman to marry into a high family.
She insisted on settling the things that were taken away one by one.
From the old accounts of Shen Zhai to Chang'an Commercial Bureau, from a shop with a deficit to a business that can affect the price of grain, she got to know the widow accountant, the country weaver, the matron of a high family and the daughter of an emperor's merchant. They have different identities and different desires, but they are all fighting for a way to survive in the same world.
Pei Jingheng only regarded her as a suitable match at first, but later he watched her move from a chess piece to the center of the chessboard step by step. He could protect her, but he couldn't choose for her, until the old imperial grain case from twelve years ago resurfaced...
