The Spoiled Daughter of the Concubine

[The daily intrigues of an aristocratic household x marriage before love]

Yinyin knows she is the daughter of a concubine, with lowly status. She has to hide her true nature and behave properly in the household.

She plays the dutiful granddaughter, serving and flattering the elders, pouring tea, and keeping them company; the naturally accommodating girl who gets along with her brothers and yields to her sisters; the well-bred young lady who excels at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, bringing honor to her family.

Yet all three hundred and sixty days of the year, she is beset by harsh winds and icy blades.

When her family falls from power, she becomes a pawn in a political marriage. Just as her grandmother is about to send her to be a certain general's concubine, she finally wakes up, flips the table, and declares, "I'm done pretending!"

He is the pampered eldest son of a duke's residence. When his family fell on hard times, he took on its burdens at just fifteen. A master of both letters and arms, he stirs up trouble in the struggle for the throne and rises with the tide, yet his family is plagued by misfortune, and neither of his first two wives met a good end.

Facing this young woman ten years his junior, he sneers, "Aren't you afraid to die? This mess in my household, are you really sure you want to wade into it?"