Summary
Juan Ke is a beautiful maid with nowhere safe to go. When the heir of House Xinan chooses her as his future concubine, she accepts the fate decided for her—until political disaster strips the noble family of everything. Free at last, she nevertheless follows her fallen mistress and young master into exile. Two years of ordinary hardship transform gratitude into companionship and youthful desire into steadfast love. When House Xinan rises again, Juan Ke must decide whether loyalty has bound her to the household once more, or whether the man who once meant to keep her as a concubine can truly ask her to stand beside him as his wife.