Caging the Oriole

Female Lead: Soft and pitiful on the surface, a scheming actress underneath

Male Lead: Gentle and refined on the surface, a crazed love-struck fool underneath

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The second year after Jiang Yanyin's mother remarried the Third Master of the Qi family, she tragically passed away. The Third Master, overcome by grief for his wife, soon followed her in death.

In the vast Qi estate, Jiang Yanyin was left all alone.

She was blessed with eyes as clear as autumn waters and a figure as graceful as a spring mountain, yet her timid nature meant she was often bullied and mistreated.

Even so, she refused to be used as a bargaining chip in an exchange of favors. She endured and maneuvered among the powerful, never imagining that

A notorious playboy in the capital would sell off his family fortune for her;

The Crown Princess would be demoted to a commoner because of her;

And relatives and friends who had long cut ties with her would be beheaded or exiled...

After weathering countless trials, she finally found a good husband and was soon to be married.

Unexpectedly, her eldest cousin, a man whose heart had always been as clear as the sky and untouched by romance, defied the world's judgment and imprisoned her in