Everyone in the capital knows that Jiang Qingsui is Gu Yan'an's fiancee.
But Jiang Qingsui knows she's not.
At least, she's not in the eyes of Gu Yan'an's mother, her aunt, who was the one to propose the match and announce it to the entire capital.
For seven years, Qingsui has endured hardship while living under the roof of the Shenqing Earl's estate. She has only one wish: to grow up and find her parents in the place where they were exiled.
Who could have expected Gu Yan'an, who had been away studying and hadn't returned in years, to come home?
It turns out he had no idea his mother had arranged a marriage for him.
When they meet, they're strangers.
Still, he acknowledges her as his “wife,” though she was once noble beyond compare before an imperial decree made her the daughter of a convicted criminal.
Defying his mother's objections, he opens the ancestral hall and acknowledges her status as the future mistress of the household in front of the entire clan.
She thinks he likes her, but when she returns to the estate midway through shopping for her dowry, she accidentally overhears him speaking with his adviser. It turns out everything... was just her wishful thinking.
Later, she leaves.
All of the capital knows that Lord Gu, who cannot inherit the title of the Shenqing Earl's estate, has gone mad searching for his wife.
Theme: Love yourself before loving someone else.
