Lin Wan, the Chancellor's daughter, is famed throughout the capital for her beauty and talent. Graceful and refined, she always conducts herself with propriety.
After marrying into a military family, she remains childless for a long time. In bed, all she receives is relentless, unrestrained demands.
One night, unable to bear it any longer, she accidentally scratches the man's arm.
The next day, the family gathers for her grandmother's birthday banquet. The second young master, Shen Che, as graceful as a clear breeze and bright moon, performs a sword dance for the guests, his figure proud as snow and shaped like pine and bamboo.
Amid the praise filling the hall, the man flicks his sleeve and swings his arm. A winding red scratch, scented with her fragrance, appears and disappears from view.
On New Year's Eve, as every household stays up to welcome the new year, Lin Wan is in a warm chamber just one wall away from the main hall, her hairpin askew and her hair disheveled. With trembling hands, she clutches her torn sash.
"Uncle, you promised me last night would be the last time..."
Amid the crashing waves of passion, Shen Che murmurs by her ear, still unsated: "That was the last time I would allow you to think of someone else."
[A gentle, alluring, brilliant beauty x a cold, aloof beauty on the outside, nothing like that within]
1. The heroine and the supporting male character never consummate their marriage.
2. The male lead's rise from a mere tool, transforming from an aloof beauty into a brute in fine clothes. The heroine runs away while pregnant, and he pursues her in every way.
3. Fictional historical setting, one-on-one romance, both leads' first time, happy ending.
Theme: Face your heart and break free from your shackles.
