In the Dayue Dynasty, Lord Protector Ding Xie Heng is revered as both the legendary war god protecting the realm and feared as the empire's coldest, most elusive bachelor. No woman dares pursue the notoriously toxic patriarch whose icy demeanor and vast wealth repel all suitors. Yet when scandal erupts across the capital, it shatters the assumption of his eternal solitude: Jiang family's fourth miss, cast aside after her betrothal to his heir is broken, shockingly declares she will become her ex-fiancé's mother. Her audacious announcement sets the empire ablaze with gossip and intrigue.