A Heart Full of Deceit

Three years ago, Jiang Fu was the cherished daughter of the Jiang family, a high-ranking household in the Ministry of Rites. Her childhood sweetheart, Shen Suian, arrived to propose in sumptuous finery, bold and carefree, bearing a wild goose he had hunted himself and a pair of peace charms. Jiang Fu’s heart pounded like a drum, and she lowered her head, blushing. Three years later, Shen Suian has risen to the position of Grand Secretary. He returns to the capital with evidence that the Jiang family plotted treason, has her entire family exiled, and uses her younger brother as leverage to force her to serve him on her knees as his bedchamber maid. She becomes “Miss Fu,” a woman with no name or status. After Shen Suian torments and threatens her time and again, Jiang Fu gives up on him. She never expects that after she fakes her death, the cold-hearted Shen Suian will go gray overnight when he learns the truth. She has concealed her identity for five years, and he has searched for her frantically for every one of them. Then, following an unexpected return to the capital, rumors spread that the Grand Secretary, who has remained chaste for his late wife all these years, has started pursuing a married woman from the countryside. Shen Suian looks at Jiang Fu standing beside the prince, his eyes bloodshot. “Please, don’t leave me again...”