As a rising star at court, Shen Jue became Vice Minister of Personnel at a young age.
Everyone wanted to marry their daughter to him, but his eyes were fixed only on the woman standing beside Heir Qi, her head bowed and her eyes lowered.
No one knew that she should have been his wife.
As the heir's wife in the Marquis's household, Su Yumian was far from content with her life.
Forced to marry into the household for her family, she was neither loved by the heir nor respected by the people there.
But she never let it trouble her. She only wanted to keep living this way, while longing for the man in her heart.
Until one day, she ran into the man she had once yearned for so deeply on the street again-
Shen Jue had thought he hated her simply because she had turned away and married another man. Only after seeing her again did he realize that he had never stopped loving her.
She once abandoned him for the powerful. Now he had power. What reason could she possibly have to leave him?
The lanterns came alight, and the night grew dim.
He trapped the woman who haunted his dreams in a hollow among the rocks and leaned in close.
With a laugh, he threatened her:
