Gu Yingying, the most beautiful woman in Chang'an, had been married to Yang Hui for four years. She suffered from eye disease and worked tirelessly to take care of his backyard. When he left Beijing to become an official, he left her behind and took several concubines to the south of the Yangtze River.
At the end of the year, Yang Hui sent her to his friend Zhang Yunjin's house and asked him to take care of his wife.
Gu Yingying couldn't see clearly and stumbled when crossing the threshold. Before Yang Hui could walk far, Zhang Yunjin held her hand and said with a smile:
"Be careful, madam."
Yingying wanted to pull her hand out, but Zhang Yunjin's hands were like iron pliers.
She looked up at him, and her eyes met his for a moment, and a chill ran through her body.
When Zhang Yunjin, the powerful prime minister of the dynasty, had a reputation for being upright and honest, it was only when Gu Yingying entered his house that she realized how rotten, extravagant and morally corrupt this man was.
His city was unfathomable, and he was scheming. He used both soft and hard tactics, coercion and inducement, and finally forced her into his account.
Zhang Yunjin is so ambitious that he not only wants to keep the beauty in his arms, but also wants Yang Hui to die without a burial place.
So he gave Yingying the treasure of the family heirloom, promised her the position of his wife, set a wedding date with her, and then let her go back to Yang Hui to spy on the news.
Yingying arrived in the south of the Yangtze River and found out that an imperial envoy would come here soon to inspect. This was her only chance to escape Yang Hui and Zhang Yunjin.
She boldly entered the imperial envoy's residence late at night, opened his door with only a hairpin, knelt down under his seat tremblingly and said:
"I have been defiled by my husband and have been defiled by the prime minister. If you can save me from the fire and water, I am willing to do anything for you..."
Gu Yingying didn't know that this imperial envoy was Zhang Yunjin who had gone south in disguise and planned to surprise his fiancée.
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