Climbing Up the Pole

One day, Yunni met a noble young gentleman from the capital. She played innocent and sweet, carefully maneuvering at every turn, all to secure a bright future for herself. But the gentleman's bookkeeper kept ruining her plans. The gentleman gave her money, but the bookkeeper said she hadn't earned it and made her pay it back. The gentleman lent her a jade pendant, but the bookkeeper accused her of ulterior motives and demanded an explanation. She fled to the mountains, and the bookkeeper accused her of colluding with enemy spies and tried to have her arrested. Later, she left her hometown and followed her husband to Jiangnan, only for him to demand that she divorce him. That night, he entered her bedroom and gazed at her for a long time. "Yunni, don't you want to climb higher? Go to the capital. At the emperor's feet, it's all flowers and splendor. I'll be the tall pole you climb..." The court planned to build roads along the border so scouts could observe the enemy. Zhu Dingying disguised himself as a bookkeeper and infiltrated Qingshui Town. There, he met a gentle, quiet young woman who was, in truth, deeply calculating. Worried that his younger cousin would be led astray by her beauty, he secretly threw a wrench in her plans more than once. But as he watched her work hard and lead her parents and younger sister step by step out of the mountains, his heart softened. One day, a subordinate noticed his subtle feelings and took the initiative to ask her about them. "Miss Yunni, my master has feelings for you. Do you feel the same way about him?" He stood at the corner and watched her walk out unhurriedly, both arms wrapped around the bundle she carried. Her voice was as gentle and clear as ever. "I do. But I have to be on my way." She had hopes of her own. How could she stay for him? Yunni was as beautiful as a flower, with a gentle, lovable disposition. The Cao family fed and clothed her well, hoping to sell her for a good price one day. Who could have guessed that in the end, she would sell herself, and to several people at once? What a capable girl... Warnings: No transmigration, no rebirth. The heroine marries the hero only after her second marriage. Theme: Work hard to get what you want.