In her previous life, she was Zheng Wanli, daughter of a condemned official. She watched her entire family be executed and, consumed by hatred, took her own life.
In this life, she is Wen Shixu, the abandoned daughter of the Wen family. Ten years have passed, and her enemies have all become powerful figures who hold sway over the court. The only exception is Xie Huailan, her father's most prized student. Once the radiant Ninth Prince, he has become the capital's most notorious playboy prince.
Rumor has it that Xie Huailan relies on the emperor's favor to act arrogantly and ruthlessly. The noblewomen of the capital avoid him at all costs, preferring to marry a scholar than to marry him.
Yet Wen Shixu shamelessly wants to become his concubine. Every time, Xie Huailan changes the subject with an expressionless face. Who could have guessed that he would turn around, present a pair of geese, and bring her home in an eight-person sedan chair with all the proper formalities, making her the famous Princess Consort of Prince Heng?
After they marry, he spends his nights in revelry while she enjoys the peace and quiet, using his power to do business and amass wealth, investigate an old case, and even find him more concubines. He agrees with a smile, but the next day, those beauties are found dead in the streets.
Until that rainy night...
Her former fiance, Ji Heci, escorts her home, quietly angling his umbrella over her shoulder. The next day, Xie Huailan suddenly moves back into the main residence of the prince's mansion. The day after that, he publicly impeaches Ji Heci in court. Later, this man who supposedly never lets a single leaf touch him starts coming home on time every day, just to... eat at the same table as her?
"Your Highness," she finally asks, unable to hold back, "Have you grown tired of your amusements outside? Or... is something wrong with your health?"
He grips her chin, and there isn't a trace of drunkenness in his eyes. "Something wrong? Why don't you find out for yourself?"
Only later does she discover that he already knew about the old case she wanted to uncover, and that he had already drawn her into his plans to set the realm right.
[Slow burn | Happy ending]
Theme: Saving her father's fallen student
