A Concubine's Daughter, Yet Equal to the Legitimate

Wang Yang is the youngest illegitimate son of the Xie Shangshu household in Yanjing, sent to live with his wealthy merchant maternal grandparents in the south. But life is unpredictable, and one day he suddenly receives a letter from his father's clan ordering him to return to the family at once. However, Wang Yang pays it no mind. He carries on prospecting for mines, buying up farmland, and doing business, making a fortune. Yet letters demanding his return keep pouring in like winter snowflakes, each one more urgent than the last. Then, one day, a haughty young gentleman arrives from the south in Yanjing, the capital in the north-central region. He is skilled in everything from carving jade and playing the flute to horseback riding and cockfighting...