Xu Jiao built a merchant empire while funding her childhood sweetheart Song Yin’s path into officialdom.
When she catches him courting a powerful princess and learns he expects her to accept life as his concubine, she ends their engagement and turns her full ambition toward business.
Her talent carries her from imperial supplier to a third-rank official, drawing the respect—and carefully restrained affection—of Crown Prince Xiao Jingyi.
But as court factions close in, Xu Jiao must decide whether love behind palace walls can offer partnership instead of confinement.