The Meaning of Youth

【Traditional historical romance, household intrigue, face-slapping the villains, a woman disguised as a man, and the Crown Prince pursuing his wife】 Su Yi was the eldest legitimate daughter of a once-great clan, but after her mother died, she was left in the old family home for years. At thirteen, she was brought back to the Su residence, only for her stepmother to treat her as a tool for preserving the family’s prestige and marry her off as the principal wife to the heir of the newly powerful Marquis of Dingbei’s household. Who could have guessed that on their wedding day, her amorous playboy of a husband would dismiss her with a single sentence: “You’re nothing but a decoration my mother married for me.” For ten years, she carefully and conscientiously managed the marquis’s household, only to be poisoned to death in the end. As she lay dying, she wanted to see her husband one last time, but there wasn’t even a servant who could carry a message for her. At the very end of her life, the girl she had once risked her life to save came to her bedside. Those delicate hands closed around Su Yi’s throat. The girl said, “You stole everything from my mother and me. You should have given it back long ago!” She died consumed by hatred. Ten years of effort had only dressed another woman for her wedding. * Reborn into a new life, she carried with her the resentment and bitterness of her past. She would watch the marquis’s household fall into ruin and scatter! He wanted to keep a mistress? Then she would help bring the woman into the household. He wanted to take a concubine? She would arrange it for him. He gazed at her tenderly. “You’re so considerate and gentle with me.” She replied coolly, “Your happiness is what matters most.” After making her escape, Crown Prince Xiao Baichuan suddenly turned his attention to the strategist Su Yi, disguised as a man. His Adam’s apple bobbed, and his gaze burned. He said, “Your disguise skills are extraordinary, sir. You really are indistinguishable from the real thing.”