Yu Zhan, eldest grandson of the Yu family and a distinguished young gentleman raised by a family with a century of history, was upright as a pine and clear as the moon. Yet he had taken a concubine in his youth, leaving a flaw in his otherwise flawless character.
Shao Xin was an orphan who should have died long ago. She had struggled her way through life, covered in filth, and even her name was not her own. One day, in the mortal world, he called out to her by chance, and only then did she remember her childhood name: Qiao Man. She remembered that she had a twin sister, Qiao Wei, who had been raised in comfort by the Qiao family and was destined to become this jade-like gentleman's concubine.
When he called her "Qiao Wei," she answered.
Later, the eldest young master of the Yu family sought to raise his concubine to the position of wife, and was sentenced to one hundred strokes of the whip in the ancestral hall. As his consciousness faded, he heard her whisper in his ear, "Young Master Yu, you've mistaken me for someone else."
Recommended completed novel: She Died in the Second Year of Her Marriage
Blurb: The third young lady of the Qu family lost her life in the second year of her marriage.
Outsiders wondered whether her husband, the heir to the Prince of Pingnan, had killed her. After all, the heir doted on his concubine far too much. Everyone in the capital knew that the concubine was the apple of his eye. Less than three months after marrying his proper wife, the heir had eagerly brought the concubine into his household. She became pregnant that same year and gave birth to his eldest son the following year.
Strangely enough, though the third young lady had been dead for years and the concubine's son was old enough to begin his studies, the heir had made no move. He neither remarried nor raised his beloved concubine to the status of wife. No one knew what he was planning.
Meanwhile, the concubine's former fiancé, Yu Yanhuai, who had once been a poor candidate for the imperial examinations, had risen to become the youngest third-rank vice minister in the court and had earned the emperor's favor. A talented young man like him was naturally the most sought-after match in the capital, but he had no interest in marriage. Some speculated that he still had feelings for his former fiancée, now the concubine of the heir to the Prince of Pingnan, and that was why he refused to marry. Yet somehow, word had suddenly spread that Vice Minister Yu was going to wed...
A rebellious noblewoman, gentle on the outside but strong within, x a brilliant, calculating top scholar
Theme: Love can cross mountains and seas
