Less than a year after her hair-pinning ceremony, Jiang Jin was married off by her biased parents to her brother-in-law to be his successor wife. After marrying, she abided by the rules of etiquette, was filial to her parents-in-law, and served her husband. But her mother-in-law targeted her, and her husband disliked her. She walked on thin ice in the marquis estate. Ten years passed. Jiang Jin never received the homecoming her parents had promised, but instead learned of their and her brother-in-law’s scheme. Her heart like dead ashes, Jiang Jin willingly allowed herself to be trapped in a great fire, putting up no struggle. As her consciousness faded, she saw a figure from her dreams rushing toward her.
When she opened her eyes again, Jiang Jin found she had returned to the time before her engagement. This time, she refused to be at their mercy. On a rainy night, Jiang Jin stepped into a private courtyard. Risking her life and reputation, she provoked a murderous, living King of Hell.
When the marriage discussions began, Jiang Jin tore off all pretenses and entangled herself with that man. From her brother-in-law’s successor wife to the cold-faced prince’s official wife, others said she was blessed with good fortune, but her parents cursed her for being shameless. She laughed. A shameless life was better than one worse than death!
After their marriage, Jiang Jin abided by their agreement, never crossing the line. Until an accident…
At that moment, Jiang Jin looked at the portrait in the ancestral hall, her lips trembling as she asked the man, “Six years ago, in Yuan City, Jingzhou, were you once called Liu Lang?”