When Ling Shuyu was seventeen, she offended the empress and was betrothed to the Marquis of Anding, who had already died in battle.
Ling Shuyu entered the marquis's estate clutching his memorial tablet. The whole capital pitied her for being condemned to a lifetime as a widow, but Ling Shuyu didn't care.
She was determined to establish herself in the estate as a widow.
But things were far from simple.
She had a difficult mother-in-law to deal with, while her sisters-in-law watched her like tigers waiting to pounce. Ling Shuyu decided to find herself an ally in the household.
So she turned her attention to her husband's younger brother, the general.
Everyone knew Zhao Huaiyu for his cold face and stern, unsmiling manner.
That day, Ling Shuyu laid out a banquet in the courtyard and asked in a tender voice, "Sanlang, would you help me?"
Theme: Be self-reliant and never stop striving.
