Shen Nian, the legitimate daughter of the Shen family, was forcibly betrothed to Pei Xiao, the minister of Dali Temple, by her father, but her mother tried to stop her to no avail. The two were strangers to each other, and rumors spread everywhere. Shen Nian had been married into the Pei family for more than a month, and she won the recognition of the Pei family for her proper handling of affairs. Things happened one after another at home, and his mother and concubine were killed one after another. Shen Nian collapsed. Pei Xiao took over the case and learned that it was all his father's conspiracy.
Purpose: Marriage between feudal aristocratic families is never a good match, but a pawn in the game of interests. It criticizes the decadent nature of old-style families exchanging the marriage of their children for political chips.