Stealing My Marriage, Devouring My Family Legacy: The Firstborn Daughter’s Rebirth and Explosive Revenge on the Marquis Estate

Shen Qingwu is the sole surviving daughter of the Yongyi Marquis, a family that sacrificed its men defending the northern border. After spending over a decade recovering in Medicine King Valley, she returns to the capital to claim her birthright and uncover the truth behind her mother’s suspicious death in a fire thirteen years prior. However, she is haunted by recurring nightmares in which her Uncle Shen Wencong and Aunt Shen Wushi murder her, seal her body in a jar, and steal the family peerage. Determined not to fall victim to this fate, she deliberately intercepts assassins sent by the Fourth Prince and stages a confrontation to win the favor of the Grand Princess, the only ally who respected her late father.

Upon arriving at the wedding where she is to marry the Fourth Prince, Shen Qingwu finds her identity stolen by her cousin, Shen Qingxi, who is secretly conspiring with the Prince. Shen Qingwu publicly exposes the deception, using a blood-activated jade pendant to prove her lineage. The Grand Princess, recognizing the truth, annuls the wedding and sentences Shen Qingxi to confinement in the ancestral hall. Shen Qingwu reclaims her position but chooses to stay in the Marquis Estate rather than flee to the princess’s residence, knowing she must confront her usurping relatives directly. She is assigned to a dilapidated courtyard and two suspicious maids, Xia Chun and Xia Zao, who are actually spies sent by her aunt.

Shen Qingwu immediately asserts her authority, brutally disciplining the spoiled young master Shen Qingyun to send a message to the second branch. That night, she uses her true cultivation, which is far beyond the frail image she projects, to infiltrate her uncle’s study. She discovers a secret chamber containing four urns and learns of a five-part formation that requires a living sacrifice. Realizing she is the intended fifth component, she resolves to dismantle their plot. The next day, Shen Qingxi, seeking revenge for her confinement and humiliation, orders her maid to throw venomous snakes into Shen Qingwu’s room. The courtyard is sealed, and news spreads that Shen Qingwu has died from the bites.

Panic ensues within the second branch. Shen Wencong is summoned to the palace, where the Emperor, influenced by the Grand Princess, orders an imperial physician to examine Shen Qingwu. Fearing exposure, Shen Wencong and Shen Qingxi rush to dispose of the body, believing it to be a corpse. They drag a heavy, white-sheeted figure toward a dry well in the backyard. However, the figure is not dead. Shen Qingwu, who had faked her death using a sleeping pill and concealed her breathing, awakens as the sheet slips off, revealing her unharmed face to the horrified servants. The second branch’s plan to murder her has failed, and they are now trapped with the evidence of their attempted homicide. Shen Qingwu emerges from the courtyard, her true strength and cunning fully revealed, setting the stage for a ruthless campaign to reclaim her family’s honor and destroy those who betrayed her.