Introduction
A relentless male lead who will stop at nothing to win, a remorseful second male lead chasing his lost wife, and a high-born prince brought to his knees by love.
A clear-headed, quietly resilient “tofu beauty” and a deeply devoted prince carrying old scars:
When Lu Jing Yun was nine years old, he rescued the orphaned street girl Chun Zhi, took her home as his child bride, and promised her: “If I ever pass the imperial examinations, I will marry you.” For the next ten years, she pours her youth, labor, and faith into him, supporting every step of his rise. Once he finally passes the imperial examination and becomes the top scholar, the ambitious young man marries the daughter of a powerful official, forcing Chun Zhi to bow her head and accept the role of concubine.
On the very day she is abandoned by the newly minted top scholar, Chun Zhi takes control of her own fate and marries another man. Her new husband is demanding by day and possessive by night, yet every crisis she encounters is solved by him with suspicious ease. Convinced she has at last found a simple, stable life, Chun Zhi’s guarded heart slowly begins to soften.
Then, one day, a group of high-ranking officials arrives and kneels before her “ordinary” husband. Only then does Chun Zhi realize that the man she married is actually Huo Zheng, the formidable Prince of Chang’an. As the officials prepare to leave, someone asks how they should deal with Chun Zhi. She hears Huo Zheng answer with cold disdain: “She is just a country girl, nothing more than a plaything.”
Shattered, Chun Zhi fakes her own death and vanishes without a trace. Huo Zheng spits blood, his eyes reddened with fury and regret, and spends six desperate months searching for her. When he finally finds her again, she is dressed in bridal red, her belly already slightly rounded, standing at the altar to marry another man…