I Pretended to Be Banished from the Capital, and She Used Her Buyout Money to Send Me on My Way

Xie Wujiu of the Dali Temple receives an imperial order to feign demotion and exile to Lingnan, using the opportunity to test the hearts of officials at court. When misfortune strikes, his former friends all distance themselves from him, but Shen Zhaowei of the Entertainment Bureau gives him every coin she has saved over six years to buy back her freedom. After Xie discovers how she had saved up to leave the registry, he is filled with remorse. He uses the opportunity to investigate the Pei faction's corruption and the Entertainment Bureau's embezzlement, clearing away the obstacles. Afterward, he often visits her Guiwei Bookshop, slowly repaying what he owes her over the rest of his life.