Crimson Makeup, Schemes of War

Medical student Yun Jiu’an inexplicably finds herself in a wonderful place, where she soon discovers that the people are fascinating. It seems everyone is a gifted actor.

Some are clearly selfish and vicious, yet play the role of virtuous wives. Some are obviously heartless, yet pose as passionate lovers doomed to die young. Others are brilliant and ruthless, but everyone thinks they are cowards.

Yun Jiu’an presents herself in the ugliest way possible, keeping a low profile while making a big impression with everything she does. She just wants to escape the schemes of a love-struck man and find herself a decent livelihood.

She hears that the second young master of the Song family of the Dechang Marquis’s estate is a coward with an unmatched face, who says the most timid things and does the most cowardly deeds. When someone sets a trap for him, he is forced to marry Yun Jiu’an, whose looks are truly nothing to write home about.

The second young master Song wakes up smiling from a dream. He likes this trap. Others cannot see this young woman’s true nature, but he can. She wants to run off with someone else, yet some well-meaning person has caught her and delivered her right into his bed. He likes being treated as prey. Hunters often appear in the guise of prey, and even if he lies flat, he can still get what he wants.

He thinks he has been discreet enough, but little does he know that someone has been biding their time for years, plotting to trick away the person he holds dearest...

This is simply the story of a sheltered young woman who grows stronger step by step and shakes the world.