Qi Chu was once a poor scholar from Qingshui County.
He and Yu Zhiyue were in love with each other. Though they lived in poverty, they were happy, and he was content.
He just couldn't let Yu Zhiyue suffer alongside him.
Holding her hand, he said, "Once I pass the autumn imperial examination, we'll get married."
But before the examination even came, Yu Zhiyue disappeared.
He tried searching for her and asking people for help. A poor scholar like him tried every method he could, but all his efforts came to nothing.
Later, he climbed steadily up the ranks, entering officialdom from humble beginnings and rising to great heights. By the age of thirty, he was the chief minister of the dynasty, with an unpredictable, brooding temperament.
That year, a major case involving the Huai Bei salt administration implicated Lu Zhao, military governor of Huai Bei.
Lu Zhao arrived at his door with lavish gifts, but was turned away three times. On the fourth visit, he finally knelt before him, bringing his wife along.
Qi Chu sat in the seat of honor, looking down at them. His gaze swept casually over the room, then suddenly stopped.
He saw the woman standing behind Lu Zhao.
Her head was lowered, and she had grown much thinner. Her face had lost the softness of her girlhood, but he recognized her at a glance. Eight years had passed, and he still knew the sound of her breathing.
Yu Zhiyue.
He suppressed his emotions and patiently waited for Lu Zhao to finish pleading.
"It wouldn't be hard for me to help Lord Lu."
He raised his eyes and looked straight at Yu Zhiyue, who stood behind Lu Zhao, unaware of everything.
"Give me your wife."
Yu Zhiyue stayed at Qi Chu's residence for a long time,
but eventually she heard that her husband was safe and sound.
At dinner, she asked timidly, "Lord Qi, may I go back now?"
"You still want to go back?!" Qi Chu abruptly crushed the bowl and chopsticks in his hands.
Female lead not a virgin, male lead is. The leads' names may change before the story begins.
Theme: Sincere love
