Jiang Shiyi came from a wealthy merchant family. Her family had no power, but they had money.
Lu Qingyan came from a poor family, but was exceptionally handsome. He studied hard and vowed to pass the imperial exams.
Jiang Shiyi fell for Lu Qingyan at first sight. Though the Jiang family thought the Lu family was poor, they saw that Lu Qingyan had a talent for scholarship, so they arranged the marriage.
As it turned out, Lu Qingyan passed the exams and went to the capital to serve as an official. But he never came to bring Jiang Shiyi there. She went to find him herself, only to hear that Lu Qingyan, the newly crowned top scholar, was about to marry someone else.
Only when she confronted him face-to-face did Lu Qingyan admit that he had always loved someone else. Jiang Shiyi felt like a joke. If he loved someone else, why had he married her? Was it because the Jiang family's money could help him pave his way to success?
Jiang Shiyi decided that her family would no longer seek power and influence. She signed the divorce agreement and returned to the Jiang family estate. She had barely stepped through the door when a marriage proposal arrived.
The powerful Prince Shi'an of the capital had come in person to ask for the hand of a twice-married woman.
The capital was stunned, and Jiang Shiyi herself was shocked and bewildered. When had she ever met Prince Shi'an?
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