Summary
After striking the cousin who tried to assault her, Xue Mingyue is sold as a lucky bride to Gu Yan, the dying and paralyzed heir of a fallen noble house. Armed only with her late father’s medical books, her stubborn courage, and an irreverent tongue, Mingyue begins treating the husband everyone has abandoned. As Gu Yan awakens and their marriage deepens into fierce devotion, old poisons expose a conspiracy reaching from the Gu residence to the imperial palace. To win the quiet life they both crave, the unlikely couple must survive family treachery, hidden royal crimes, and a rebellion that threatens the throne.