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Su Wan, an unloved concubine's daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, is sent as a pawn to marry Gu Zhao, the Lord of Zhenbei who's rumored to have 'killed two wives'. On their wedding night, instead of a romantic evening, she gets a divorce letter from Gu Zhao: 'I won't touch you. Just be a nominal wife.' But when an assassin tries to slit her throat, it's this 'heartless' lord who throws himself in front of her, his back bleeding as he orders, 'Protect the lady.' Su Wan soon uncovers the truth—Gu Zhao's 'wife-killing' rumor is a lie; he's actually evading the royal family's purge of the Zhenbei Army. And her status as a 'pawn'? Gu Zhao knew it all along—he hid his tenderness just to keep her out of danger. But then a secret letter arrives from the Prime Minister's Mansion: 'On the 15th of next month, poison Gu Zhao. Otherwise, your mother will die...'
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