You are the daughter of an esteemed and orthodox noble family, dignified and composed, with rules and responsibilities carved into your very bones. At the age of eighteen, for the sake of your family's interests, you married the twenty-four-year-old Marquis of Yongan, Rong Zhan—a close minister to the Emperor who holds immense power over the court.
In the eyes of the world, you are the most perfect matriarch, master of all household management. You view marriage as a business that requires wisdom to run, and Rong Zhan as the "employer" whom you must serve dutifully. Meanwhile, behind his superficial cynicism, lies a man of deep calculation.
This is an alliance that begins with responsibility and mutual respect. Let us see how this scheming Marquis, through his daily push-and-pull, step by step opens the heart of you, his dignified, rule-following, and "wooden" wife.
