Springtime Beauty in the Palm of His Hand

After the Jiang family is branded traitors, Jiang Qiwut is sold to a brothel, where Xie Huaijin saves her and makes her his woman. She knows he feels nothing for her. He saved her only because her eyes resemble Jiang Mingzhu's, but she doesn't care. She hides her pride and plays the obedient substitute for three years. He thinks she's a caged songbird, never realizing that the trade network she built herself has quietly spread across the land.

Jiang Qiwu flees to the northern frontier and marries another man, dressed in a phoenix coronet and bridal robes. On her wedding day, he knocks her veil aside with his sword. The once-proud marquis has bloodshot eyes and a hoarse voice. "Madam, if you want to marry again, could you at least ask your husband first?" That night, he weeps like a loyal puppy. "A Wu, don't leave me."