Summary
Lin Qingwu grew up in a marquis’s residence where every woman knew how to weaponize tears, frailty, and a sweet smile.
Trained in both green-tea tricks and real household management, she expects marriage to give her a grand new stage.
Instead, she discovers that her dignified in-laws and impossibly stone-faced husband are immune to every routine she knows.
Just when Qingwu fears her talents will go to waste, a delicate orphaned cousin arrives with designs on her husband.
At last, Qingwu has found a worthy assignment.
But as she turns every tearful scheme back on its author, she begins to realize that the Shen family’s quiet loyalty may be warmer than any honeyed words.