A sweet young heiress who looks gentle and obedient but has a fierce thirst for revenge VS a young lord who looks arrogant and overbearing but is crazily devoted, more loyal than a dog
Cheng Jiaojiao was born into the distinguished Cheng household. Her mother's identity was unknown, and despite her beauty, no one ever stood up for her.
She spent sixteen years scraping by under her stepmother, and was lucky to survive them.
Her greatest wish in life was to find a husband, settle down in a small courtyard, and live there until she closed her eyes for the last time.
Heaven seemed to smile upon her. The young man she had supported became the top graduate in the imperial examinations: handsome, brilliant, and a rising star at the emperor's side. He was also deeply in love with her. If they married, they would surely become a legendary couple, devoted to each other until their hair turned white.
But her good fortune did not last. Heaven abandoned her halfway through.
So her Mr. Right became her elder sister's new husband, and her own groom turned out to be none other than Xie Sui, the young tyrant of the Zhenguo Estate, notorious for his wicked reputation, arrogance, and infamy.
She did not want this, but the matter was settled, and she had no choice.
So she put away her feelings for her "brother-in-law" and tried to face her new husband with grace.
She never expected what came next.
The token her groom sent to seal their engagement made Cheng Jiaojiao see black, then see black again, until she finally gave up on life: a huge reef that reeked of salty fish. It even had a grand name: "A love as enduring as the sea and the mountains, loyal and unyielding."
She accepted it with a smile, reminding herself that having an unusual husband was a good thing. At least life would never be dull.
In reality, she sighed and lamented in private, crying that Heaven was unfair!
She also never expected a new martial arts instructor to arrive at the estate. He not only knew about her secret affair with her "brother-in-law," but also relentlessly pursued her.
To keep him quiet, she had no choice but to treat him tenderly, make him lose his heart, and have him swear that he would love no one but her for the rest of his life.
Then, a month later,
under some pretext, she sent him off on a doomed ship bound for the afterlife and prayed devoutly, "Amitabha."
She set out for the capital to be married, never to see him again.
On their wedding night,
Cheng Jiaojiao was thinking of nothing but how to be a good wife and mother. But the moment her red veil was lifted,
her eyes widened in shock.
The man opposite her smiled innocently. "My dear, we've met again."
Xie Sui is the son of a powerful family in the capital, but he's unruly and undisciplined. He beats up constables, mouths off to princes, and can even put on a pitiful show in front of the emperor.
The noble daughters of the capital are all afraid to marry him, and he is perfectly happy to be left alone.
Who knew his father would find him a young woman from a city thousands of miles away? He heard she was beautiful and sweet-tempered, but he wasn't interested at all.
To scare her off, he even disguised himself as a martial arts instructor and infiltrated her household, only to stumble upon her secret affair.
It turned out his betrothed was nothing like the rumors. Intrigued, he used his knowledge of her secret as an excuse to get close to her under a false identity. Just when he thought he had finally won her heart, he planned to punish her for her "impurity." But he never expected her to send him off on a "doomed voyage."
Theme: A little self-confidence can make the world a much better place
