When she was sixteen years old, Liu Xuanfei, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, returned home from the south of the Yangtze River. What awaited her was not family affection, but her stepmother Lin Wanru who occupied the magpie's nest and her adopted daughter Liu Xuanyu who was loved by thousands of people. He gave in step by step, but what he got in exchange was framed, imprisoned, and eventually he died of cold and starvation, and his family was destroyed.
When she opened her eyes again, she went back to the moment when the carriage was about to enter the Duke's Mansion. The blood feud in the previous life is still vivid in my mind. In this life, she is no longer a lamb who can be eaten by mermaids. Under the smiling face of the loving stepmother, there is a secret that poisoned the biological mother; behind the innocent sister's intimacy, there is a plan to take everything from her; behind the silent father's favoritism, there is a balance of family interests.
With the cold eyes returned from ten years of hardship and hell in the south of the Yangtze River, she hid her sharp edge and pretended to be a docile orphan girl. He hid his wits during the chat at the family dinner, cleverly manipulated his stepmother's "consideration", and used his elder's old things to arouse his father's suspicion. The dispute in the inner house looks like a quarrel between sisters and the ownership of dowry, but it is actually a fight of life and death. The notes left by the mother, the clues of the mysterious old friend's "return to the original owner", the possible secrets in the belly of the piano... Pieced together piece by piece the shocking truth: the death of the biological mother was not an accident, but a deep conspiracy that lasted for many years and implicated the court.
On the surface, she is a weak and bullied legitimate daughter; secretly, she is quietly playing chess. Not only did he want to take back everything that belonged to him, but he also wanted to seek justice for his mother who died in vain. When the secrets of the inner house are connected with old cases, her opponents are far more than just the women in the back house.
The lamb of the past is now the chess player. Let's see how she listens to the thunder in the silent place in this wealthy family, gradually uncovers the ferocity under the veil of tenderness, and drags her enemies and fate into the trap she has carefully laid out.
Intention: Blindly trying to please people sometimes does not lead to sincere treatment.