The night he was poisoned, he broke into her bedroom.
From then on, she could no longer be an insignificant outsider in the household.
Li Ruoruo follows her mother into a second marriage and enters the Wang clan of Linyi, the most prominent family in the Great Zhou.
All she wants is to survive in the depths of the great family's estate.
Until one night, Wang Yanzhi, the eldest legitimate son of the Wang family and a powerful figure at court, stumbles through her door, his whole body burning hot.
In the moonlight, his stern features twist with restraint. Sweat dampens his temples, and his voice is hoarse.
"Help me..."
Her fingertips tremble as if possessed, brushing the sweat from his brow.
"All right, but... just this once."
