After her mother passed away, Yu Sui traveled thousands of miles to Xizhou to seek refuge with relatives, just to survive.
At first, Xie Kan treated Yu Sui as a younger sister with a hard lot in life, showing her special favor out of sympathy for her past.
But when his mother began looking for a match for Yu Sui, and he watched the sister he doted on discussing marriage with another man, Xie Kan found every man by her side unbearable.
No one was good enough for his sister. No one but him.
Yu Sui did not want to marry, and she did not like any of the men the madam picked out for her. But to survive in the Duke's estate, she had no choice but to go along with it.
That night, when they were alone together, Xie Kan asked if she wanted to marry. Yu Sui summoned her courage and said she did not. She had expected him to say what everyone else did, that a woman should marry when she came of age. Instead, he ruffled her hair, his smile filled with a gentle satisfaction she had never seen before.
He said, "Then you needn't marry. Your big brother will support you for the rest of your life."
For some reason, Yu Sui felt that Xie Kan seemed to have gone mad.
P.S.
Both leads are each other's only partners, and they are not related by blood.
Light ensemble cast.
The political scheming is kindergarten-level.
The heroine is not a strong, independent woman. She is emotionally self-consuming early on and needs time to grow beyond her childhood.
The hero will not usurp the throne.
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