The eldest daughter of the imperial merchant Xu family married into the Duke of Cheng's household in a grand procession, becoming the young lord's wife.
A year later, the Xu family was accused of embezzling military pay. A vast amount of gold and silver had gone missing, and the entire family was imprisoned. Xu Youzhu pleaded everywhere for help, to no avail, and was locked in the ancestral hall.
Outsiders praised the Duke of Cheng's household for their loyalty, saying they hadn't divorced her even after all this. But Xu Youzhu knew they had too many sins on their conscience. Keeping her, a lonely soul, by their side was nothing more than a way to ease their guilt.
She could only blame herself for falling for a pretty face back then, when she had set eyes on a young man at the Peach Garden Poetry Gathering.
Only now did she realize that she had been targeted by a wolf.
If only she had another chance...
Reborn, Xu Youzhu looks at the dowry inventory her mother has prepared and grits her teeth. She breaks off the engagement and leaves Yangzhou, heading straight for Lingnan. All she wants is to open a pawnshop and live a quiet life.
But why does someone come to pawn a forbidden imperial object on the very first day she's open?
And when he's exposed, the man stubbornly insists that he's the Prince of Lingnan!
Xu Youzhu bursts out laughing and points at his nose. “Tell me, which family's heir would come to a pawnshop wearing ragged trousers?”
The Prince of Lingnan, wearing the only shirt he owns without a patch, snorts. “We'll see!”
Yet before long, the Prince of Lingnan is gazing at Xu Youzhu with his face in his hands every single day, unable to tear himself away.
Wealthy businesswoman + prince who lives off pawning his possessions
Theme: If you want to get rich, build roads first
