Five Years in Exile, and One Letter Severing Ties Has the Whole Family Weeping on Their Knees

Torture Before Triumph + No Forgiveness + The Whole Family’s Regret + Clear-Eyed Heroine Shen Chuyi had only just learned to walk when she was lost. When she was twelve, while playing in the mud in the countryside, the Shen family found her and told her she was the general’s legitimate daughter. After returning to the Shen residence, she went from legitimate daughter to concubine-born daughter. For the glory of the Shen family, she was banished in the name of the “legitimate daughter” to take the blame. Five years later, Shen Chuyi returned from exile and faced her hypocritical family. She set fire to the general’s residence. She threw down a letter severing ties, and her whole family wept and begged for forgiveness. Shen Chuyi had never been weak. She knew exactly what she wanted. To survive, she had worked harder than most. She had endured humiliation and torment that others could never bear. She knew people were using her. And she knew that only by becoming someone others could use would she be able to use them in turn.