Cui Huaishen, heir to the Marquis of Dingbei, loved his mistress more than anyone in his life.
The person he hated most was the mistress's legitimate wife.
Bo Xi, the daughter of a disgraced official, was exiled along with her entire family. Her last remaining relative, her mother, held her hand and wept as she died. "I gave you such a beautiful face, but I couldn't protect you. What will you do after I'm gone?"
Bo Xi replied, "Mother, do you think I'll let myself suffer?"
After her mother's death, Bo Xi found a gravely wounded man by the river. At first, seeing that he was barely alive, she decided to abandon him. But then she wiped the dirt from his face.
What breathtaking beauty, understated yet dazzling, unmatched in all the world.
So Bo Xi forced the man to marry her. From then on, she worked hard to support them. But her husband remained half-dead, kept alive only by all kinds of expensive medicines, and he spent every last bit of the money Bo Xi had saved. Still, she couldn't bring herself to abandon him, so she made a living singing.
Shen Tan, an adviser to the deposed Crown Prince and a brilliant strategist, was framed by the Third Prince and fell off a cliff. With his memories hazy, he was rescued by a young woman. She took him by force, and gravely wounded, Shen Tan couldn't escape. He had no choice but to marry her. Though he was cold and distant, even he was moved by his wife's tenderness and care, until her mistress came knocking.
Bo Xi had hoped to make things work for everyone, but her dream was shattered when the legitimate wife was killed by the mistress who wanted to take her place.
Bo Xi had planned to kill Cui Huaishen with her own sword and make him pay for Shen Tan's life. But through a twist of fate, she couldn't do it. With her heart broken, she could only leave for a distant land.
When the heir to the Marquis of Dingbei inherited his father's title and returned after putting down a rebellion in the north, the court had already entered a new era. The palace gates swung wide, and the person who walked out calmly was the one he had hated most in his life.
Their smiles concealed undercurrents, and every gesture hinted at danger.
Two bitter enemies met again, each turning to face the other.
And there was the young woman who haunted them both, still singing for a living and still keeping a pretty boy.
Theme: Make every day a happy one.
