A Dazzling Array of Dowries

Ming Zhuang lost her parents at a young age. A small woman, she uses her intelligence to independently maintain the family business, surrounded on the left by greedy relatives from the old family branch, and on the right by the need to clear her father’s wrongful conviction. Forced by circumstances, she uses her own marriage as bait, agreeing to marry the Second Prince, Yi Wang, in order to get close to the mastermind who framed her father.

However, at the beginning of the New Year, Li Xuanlin, an old subordinate of her father’s, returns to the capital after successfully quelling a rebellion. The two knew each other in their youth and share a deep bond. Li Xuanlin was entrusted by his dying teacher to look after Ming Zhuang. As time goes by, Ming Zhuang’s heart gradually becomes conflicted…