Lin Wanrong is the daughter of a Grand Tutor. She wants for neither money nor affection, yet as a young woman she fell in love with Xiao Yi, a son born to a concubine. To marry him, she stopped at nothing, even threatening her father with suicide.
Xiao Yi has a white moonlight. To protect her, he has no choice but to marry Lin Wanrong.
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On their wedding day, Lin Wanrong is left alone in the bridal chamber. During the three years her husband is away, she runs the household frugally and cares for her parents-in-law, earning a good reputation.
During those same three years, the Lin family is wiped out, leaving her an orphan.
Xiao Yi becomes prime minister and returns with his pregnant white moonlight, making her his wife and Lin Wanrong his concubine.
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The white moonlight is domineering and tyrannical, bullying and humiliating her, even nearly disfiguring her. Xiao Yi turns a blind eye. Only after an accident does Lin Wanrong learn that Xiao Yi was the one who truly destroyed her family.
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The day the city falls, Lin Wanrong becomes empress of the enemy kingdom. She looks down at Xiao Yi kneeling at her feet.
1. The heroine is a virgin; the hero isn't. Before he can even win her back, she has him reduced to ashes.
Premise: A beautiful, heart-wrenching love
