You Hid from Me When We First Married, but Now You’re in the Thick of the Household Rivalries and Getting in My Way?

By imperial decree, An Jinyou marries into the Changning Marquis Manor.

On their wedding night, her husband leaves for the border without even lifting her veil. She becomes a laughingstock throughout the capital, while court officials wait for her to make a scene and ruin the emperor's plans to stabilize the court. Everyone in the capital expects her to turn the Changning Marquis Manor upside down and become the talk of the town.

But An Jinyou refuses to play along. What does a man matter? This inner household is her real battlefield.

Inside, the elders scheme against her. Outside, wicked servants bully their masters. She takes charge of the household and manages it all with remarkable order, despite the pressure from every side.

She thinks she can be happy living this way, but why is the man who fled on their wedding night looking at her so strangely?

"My lady, I was wrong before. Now you are the only one in my heart..."

An Jinyou keeps her eyes on the ledger and doesn't even look up.

"The only woman whose veil you didn't lift?"

Huo Jingxun's smile freezes on his face.

"Of course not. The only one I want to..."

"The only woman you wanted to run away from?"

An Jinyou calmly leaves him speechless, just as she does everyone else.

Seeing that reason won't work, Huo Jingxun sweeps her into his arms. The tips of his ears turn red as he, a man who rarely says sweet things, speaks up.

"The only one I love."