Tong Wanjun, the eldest daughter who received a new education × Xie Lanyu, a down-and-out nobleman who received a traditional education
(The writing perspective is Tong Wanjun, there is no absolute answer.)
At a time when the current situation was turbulent, Tong Wanjun, who had returned home after three years abroad, was ordered by her father to return home. The Tong Mansion did not have enough incense. Not long after Wanjun returned home, the only eldest brother died in an encounter with a bandit while on an errand. Since then, the Tong Mansion has lost its last male. As her father becomes increasingly tired, Wanjun, as the eldest sister and interested in political affairs, takes on the important responsibilities of the family.
Xie Lanyu moved to Tong Mansion not long after Wanjun studied abroad. The Xie family was originally one of the eight major families in Biandu, but was demoted again and again for supporting the loser in the palace coup. Only because Lan Yu's father and Tong's father had a life-and-death relationship, Tong's father finally agreed to let his only daughter Lan Yu enter the Tong Mansion to be protected by the Tong family.
The emperor's family is declining, and forces from all walks of life are watching with eager eyes, surrounded by wolves. As troubled times arise, how should they, as women, deal with themselves?
Intention: Machiavellian romance