On the night of her grand wedding, Shen Qingtang heard that her husband, Lu Jingheng, cherished his cousin Lin Wanhui in his heart and only wished to be a nominal couple with her. Calmly, she set up a contract within the residence, secretly taking stock of her generous dowry, purchasing mulberry fields, buying shares in an embroidery workshop, and quietly saving up the confidence to break away. Through three years of deep courtyard life, she strictly kept to her duty as the mistress, looking coldly on the rights and wrongs within the manor, and weathering the gossip and criticisms of others. When she had sufficient capital, Shen Qingtang brought out the divorce agreement she had long written, compelling Lu Jingheng to sign it. With her mother-in-law's public witness, she left the Lu family with dignity. Having shed the identity of depending on others, Shen Qingtang ran the embroidery workshop and, relying on her own ability, began a brand-new life belonging solely to her.