Liu Yimei accidentally caught her husband, Qi Yunheng, a vice minister of rites, having an affair with Du Yanfei, the wife of Qin Wenrui, an assistant director of the Imperial College.
Furious and humiliated, she had nowhere to vent her pent-up anger, and the rage in her heart nearly overturned her insides.
After considering it carefully, she realized the only person who could currently keep the two of them in check was Qin Wenrui's powerful cousin, Qin Ci, the grand chancellor.
So she decided to use his influence to expose their sordid affair and get some much-needed revenge.
When they first met, Liu Yimei was proper and distant, her back held perfectly straight. She measured every word and action with care, making it clear she only wanted to use his influence to their mutual advantage, then draw a clean line between them.
Qin Ci looked down at her, clearly furious but stubbornly pretending to be calm and composed. With a low laugh, he said something daring and enticing: "The best revenge is to make him taste the pain that eats away at the bones."
But neither of them expected that when she decided to walk away and seek a divorce, her husband, Qi Yunheng, would refuse to divorce her and behave completely contrary to what most people would expect.
And after she successfully divorced, Qin Ci, who was hiding a secret, actually wanted to marry her.
Oh, well. Oh, well.
Lust is a blade held over her head, and every cut is aimed at her.
Theme: Love and hate are both part of a scheme; when all is said and done, you can only save yourself.
