Lin Yu'er transmigrates into the role of a young lady waiting to be married in the Duke of Guo's household.
In the original story, she chose the powerful Crown Prince over her sickly cousin. Later, her cousin married the original heroine and died within a year.
She never imagined that she was in a melodramatic novel about the Crown Prince and his white moonlight, and that she, as the Crown Princess, was merely an obstacle in their romance.
Her constant opposition to the heroine earns her a poisoned cup of wine from the Crown Prince.
After transmigrating into the young lady's body, Lin Yu'er decisively chooses her sickly cousin. Whether she becomes a widow isn't important. What matters is staying alive!
A year later, her cousin's cheeks are rosy and healthy.
Three years later, Lin Yu'er stares at the baby in her arms, lost in thought.
Five years later, Lin Yu'er hugs a quilt and insists they sleep in separate rooms.
Xie Jinxiu has always known he's a character in a storybook and that he's been poisoned.
Yet he can't control his own body. He keeps drinking the poison, sip by sip, even knowing what it is, and he can't refuse a marriage even though the daughter of a concubine in the Marquis's household has someone else in her heart.
He's like a puppet on strings, unable to control his own body.
Until his cousin, who was supposed to marry the Crown Prince in the story, marries him instead, and he is finally freed from the plot's control!
Lin Yu'er (sincere): Husband, as long as you can live well, I'll do anything! (Thinking: Three hundred days until I become a widow!)
Xie Jinxiu (weakly): Being alive is only a burden to you, my dear. We should have a child, so you won't be lonely after I'm gone. (Thinking: Trying to fool me?)
Lin Yu'er: ...
Xie Jinxiu: You don't want to, my dear? Are you still thinking about His Highness the Crown Prince?
Lin Yu'er: I'm not. I haven't.
Reader's guide:
1. The male and female leads aren't related by blood.
2. The female lead has a golden finger.
Theme: Dare to turn the tables even in adversity.
