Mu Qingxun was merely the daughter of a county deputy in a remote border town.
But when her father uncovered discrepancies in the tax records while auditing the accounts, corruption came to light. He was framed and killed, and she was the only one who escaped.
Before her parents died, they told her that her betrothed, to whom she had been engaged since childhood, was in the capital. He had just passed the highest imperial examination and was considered an ideal match.
So Mu Qingxun traveled over mountains and rivers to the capital. But just as she arrived to find her betrothed, someone falsely accused her and had her thrown into prison.
Just as she thought she was about to die there, another soul unexpectedly appeared inside her body. It belonged to Xie Xuling, the Imperial Preceptor feared throughout the kingdom.
The two struck a deal.
But just as Mu Qingxun helped Xie Xuling recover his body and was about to marry her betrothed, Xie Xuling cornered her.
“Since you're both looking to marry up, Miss Mu, why not marry me instead?”
