Qiao Wanxin transmigrated, only to have her marriage swapped immediately upon arrival. She was to marry Tang Yi, the handsome and distinguished heir to the marquis's estate.
Tang Yi was as refined as an orchid, graceful and distinguished, and came from a prominent family. There was only one problem: he was impotent.
Qiao Wanxin only wanted to enjoy her own life, so the thought of not having to serve a man suited her perfectly. She readily agreed to the marriage swap, making her cousin Qiao Man pay dearly in the process.
Qiao Man was reborn. In her previous life, she had married Tang Yi. Rumors said he was impotent, but she refused to believe them and insisted on marrying him. Only after the wedding did she learn he was truly incapable. Unable to bear the loneliness, she tried to seduce him time and again, but still spent every night alone.
Then Tang Yi died of illness, and she became a woman condemned by everyone as a husband-killer. As despair mounted again and again, her life slowly ebbed away.
Before she died, she saw Tang Ze rise to become the Grand Tutor, second only to the emperor, while her cousin Qiao Wanxin became the Grand Tutor's wife and was personally bestowed the rank of First-Class Lady by the emperor. They lived in dazzling splendor.
When she awoke again, fortune had favored her. She had her elders switch the marriage arrangements and took the initiative to marry Tang Ze, an unremarkable deputy general.
As for Tang Yi, whose prospects were bright as the moon, she didn't want him anymore. Since he was impotent and doomed to die young, she would leave him to Qiao Wanxin this time and let her suffer all the hardships Qiao Man had endured in her previous life.
Time flew by. Qiao Man, who had been busy dreaming of a perfect future, discovered that the course of her rebirth had changed. Tang Yi, who was supposed to die of illness, was alive and well, and Qiao Wanxin's belly was gradually growing, too.
If he was impotent, why was he indulging that woman night after night?
Qiao Man was on the verge of madness, while the man she had schemed to marry was ultimately stripped of his official rank and reduced to a lowly soldier.
Her dreams lay shattered. In the end, it had all been for nothing.