Locked Spring Ballad

[Female Lead Is Not a Virgin, Forced Love and Possession]

A fallen noblewoman x a brooding, obsessive regent

Shen Ciyin was the legitimate daughter of a duke's household, cherished and adored, radiant and bold. At fifteen, she rejected a prince's marriage proposal and married Ye Juntang, the newly crowned top scholar.

At sixteen, her family was stripped of its titles and exiled. She grew up overnight. Though her husband treated her with indifference, she kept her composure, managed his household, and paved the way for his career.

She did not ask for his affection, only a little warmth from him and some care for her family, exiled a thousand miles away.

But when she and her stepmother-in-law fell into the water one winter's day, and Ye Juntang did not save her first, she discovered that her husband was having an affair with his stepmother.

Proud as she was, she could not stomach such a revolting betrayal, and demanded a divorce.

As she planned to sort out her dowry and head north to reunite with her exiled family after the divorce, a new emperor ascended the throne and prepared to grant a general amnesty.

To get her family included on the pardon list, she sought out the prince whose proposal she had once rejected, now the regent who held power over the court.

But the moment she went to him, she fell into the regent's dangerous trap, with no hope of escape...