Bian Qinghan married into the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion on behalf of his younger sister. On their wedding night, they stayed alone in the empty house, waiting only for Shen Chunian's cold instructions to "perform their duties".
She suppressed her frustration and devoted herself to taking care of the household affairs, sorting out the accounts, dealing with the old servant's temptations, and silently cooking warm and tonic medicinal meals for him, slowly warming the cold-faced Marquis' heart with her subtle warmth.
Shen Chunian originally treated her with responsibility, but was gradually moved by her intelligence and gentleness: when he went to court, he made a detour to buy her favorite preserves, he shielded her from ridicule and led her away from the flower viewing banquet, and when an old injury recurred on a rainy night, he even remembered her guarding her all night long and offered to "dine together in the future."
From the ease of playing chess in the courtyard to the tacit understanding of dining at the same table, the two hearts gradually get closer in daily life.
When political enemies framed Shen Xiannian as a collaborator and banned him from the Hou Mansion, Bian Qinghan was no longer the silently devoted Madam Hou, but his most solid backing.
She took the risk to contact her old department to find evidence, delivered news and peace charms across the courtyard, and finally succeeded in clearing his name. On the day the ban was lifted, Shen Xunian took the initiative to hug her for the first time.
The holding of hands at the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, the confession under the rabbit lantern, the preference for her hairpin in public at the banquet, and then the request to the emperor to "only keep the Shen family in this life."
Intention: What you love is separated by mountains and seas, and mountains and seas can be leveled