On her twentieth birthday, Zheng Yunci counted the silver she'd saved and decided to find herself a husband. But on the way, she came across a handsome young man, Zhao Zan.
The young man was blessed with good looks and a talent for cooking. As Zheng Yunci heard him sweetly and obediently call her "Sister Zheng" again and again, her heart was moved, and she fell for him.
But after Zhao Zan went to the capital to take the imperial examinations, she never heard from him again. After waiting for a long time, Zheng Yunci gritted her teeth, packed up all her belongings, and headed north to the capital to find him. There, she learned that the Great Chu Crown Prince's maternal family was surnamed Zhao, and his given name was Zan.
The young man who once wore coarse hemp clothes and smiled with crinkled eyes now wore a jade crown and a golden belt, standing tall and imposing as he coldly looked down at her, disheveled and miserable, from the high jade steps.
"I have never met you."
Zheng Yunci watched Zhao Zan seize the throne and ascend it, and finally gave up hope. She begged Lu Tingxin, her childhood friend whom she'd reunited with after years apart, to take her home. But the day before she was due to leave the capital, Zhao Zan detained her.
Zheng Yunci trembled all over. "Zhao Zan, you can't do this."
The young emperor gripped her wrist and lowered his head to lick and kiss the side of her neck. "Thunder and rain are both the grace of Heaven. You can't escape me."
In the depth of winter, a fierce fire blazed.
With red-rimmed eyes, Zheng Yunci swallowed her tears and turned to leave with Lu Tingxin.
He was only a husband, after all. She could always find another.
Zhao Zan knew that he had used Zheng Yunci from beginning to end. Even when he later detained her, it was only because he considered her an emperor's plaything.
But Zheng Yunci died.
Staring at her disfigured corpse, Zhao Zan crushed the bones in his palm with his bare hand.
He refused to believe it. He would get her back.
No one but her could accept this imperial favor.
A sinister, possessive younger man with a sweet, scheming exterior x a kind older sister who sees the world clearly
One-on-one, happy ending, repentant pursuit after losing her, and a satisfying love triangle
Theme: Only sincerity can win sincerity
