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After becoming the top scholar in high school, Lin Mu'an, seeking to align himself with the powerful, intends to abandon his wife Shangguan Yue (Yue Niang), who shared his hardships. Amidst the villagers' condemnation, Lin Mu'an hypocritically invites Yue Niang and her grandfather (Chen Ze) into his home. Inside, Lin's mother heaps insults upon them, while Lin Mu'an attempts to buy Yue Niang's silent departure with money, claiming he must marry Chen Ao Shuang, the prefect's daughter, for his future. The grandfather publicly reveals Shangguan Yue's earth-shattering identity as the Emperor's legitimate daughter, which Lin Mu'an dismisses as a preposterous lie. Facing the Lin family's persecution, Yue Niang argues her case with legal statutes but is ordered by Lin's mother to be brutally beaten, with her grandfather shielding her. At a critical juncture, Chen Ao Shuang arrives with soldiers, intending to silence them. Though hesitant, Lin Mu'an, his future held hostage, finds himself in a dire and perilous situa