On the night of her grand wedding, Shen Fu was schemed against, drinking the nuptial wine with a stranger while wearing her bridal veil. Her fiancé, Pei Zheng, asked no questions and publicly sought to demote his wife to a concubine, paving the way for another to take her place. In the depths of despair, she abruptly lifted her veil—since the nuptial wine was drunk with him, then she would be a woman of the Zhao family. Publicly breaking off the engagement and turning around to marry another, the crowd of guests was in an uproar. No one expected that the poor adjutant Zhao Xiao, mocked by all, turned out to be the most beloved fifth young master of the commander's mansion. Those who yesterday treated her like worn-out shoes now kneel before her door, while she already stands in a higher place.