Xie Ciyuan was born in a top-notch noble family. He has lived in power and intrigue since he was a child. He has cultivated a gentle mask and has a cold heart.
Until Shen Zhiyu, an orphan from the country, entered the house because of the grace of saving her life, she was lively, unrefined, not flattering, and never bowed her head. She broke through all his disguises and became the only ripple in his heart.
He approached with gentleness, looked after the confinement, secretly cleared away all difficulties and obstacles for her, and locked her firmly in Qingyuan Courtyard.
He loves her to the core and is paranoid to the point of madness, but he doesn't know how to respect, only possessiveness.
Shen Zhiyu went from being ignorant and dependent, to realizing his imprisonment, to clearly seeing the cruelty and paranoia beneath his gentleness, and his heart grew colder.
A kidnapping completely shattered his gentle mask, and she finally realized: what he gave her was never love, but a cage.
She fled decisively.
Xie Ciyuan went crazy overnight. He gave up his power and his palace, and traveled all over the mountains and rivers to search for her for three years.
From the most powerful chief minister, he was reduced to a haggard wife-chaser.
He humbled himself, repented, atone, learned to let go, learned to respect, and learned to love the way she wanted.
When we meet again in Jiangnan, she is free and bright, and she is not at peace with him.
He stayed by her side, not forcing, pestering, or robbing her, just guarding her silently.
In the end, she let go of her pain, he cleared away his paranoia, and the two reunited.
From then on, the power plan was to protect her, and the prince's mansion was to accommodate her, so that she would be warm for the rest of her life.
Concept: In the early stage, a gentle, hypocritical and paranoid powerful minister × in the later stage, a crazy and humble man who pursues his wife as the first assistant; in the early stage, a sober and orphaned orphan × in the later stage, a cold-hearted and letting-go heroine