To help her husband focus on his official career, Shen Shishi did everything she could to pave the way for him.
To care for her frail, sickly adopted son, she tried every medicine she could find.
When her husband returned from his posting, she thought their family could finally be together again. Instead, he insisted on supporting two households and secretly slept with his widowed younger sister-in-law.
When she caught him, her husband said coldly:
"I shared a bed with Caiwei for the sake of the Xie family! Caiwei is a female physician appointed by the Empress herself, not some inner-house woman like you who only knows how to fight over affection and get jealous!"
The son she had raised with such care looked at her with disgust and said:
"All you know how to do is serve people. I never wanted you to be my mother. Aunt Caiwei is the one who deserves to be my mother. How could you ever compare to her?"
But father and son had forgotten that Shen Shishi was the legitimate daughter of the Imperial Physician. Without her, how could the Xie family, with all its old, weak, sick, and infirm members, have made it through those three years in peace?
After divorcing him without a trace of regret, Shen Shishi became a female official and saved the people. With her medical skills and wisdom, she helped Prince Li save the country and its people.
When she stood in court, a one-of-a-kind splash of color, the father and son were stunned.
They were especially shocked to see the handsome, cool Prince Li holding Shen Shishi close and indulging her in every way. Two little dumplings followed behind her, calling her Mother. The pair went mad, dropping to their knees in the rain and crying until their eyes were red...