The Splendor of Jin Court

Su Shuyun is the legitimate eldest daughter of the Grand Tutor. Quiet and averse to disturbance, she spends most of her time shut away in her family’s residence and rarely ventures outside, hoping only to live out her life in peace. But an imperial decree of marriage matches her to Lu Xuansong, the regent who holds power over the court and is suspicious and cold by nature. Lu Xuansong is strikingly handsome and tall, yet consumed by suspicion and distrustful of sincere feelings. He marries her as a political move, keeping her under constant scrutiny and testing her at every turn. Su Shuyun, who had hoped to stay secluded and keep her head down, is forced into a world of treacherous intrigue. She neither competes nor clamors, speaks little but sees clearly, and neither curries favor nor shrinks back in fear. The regent scrutinizes her at every turn, at first convinced he can easily manipulate this secluded daughter of a noble family. But her unusual composure gradually wears down his defenses. As undercurrents surge through the court and old cases resurface one by one, two people who never meant to grow close slowly form a bond amid suspicion and tests.