On her wedding day, Jacqueline, the butcher girl, catches her fiancé with her stepsister. To protect her honor, she boldly marries the General’s ancestral tablet. Everyone laughs, thinking she’s crazy and ready to live as a widow. But when the General miraculously returns, she becomes his only love. Quick to settle scores, deadly with a bow, clever in court, and ruling the household, Jacqueline rises from abandoned daughter to powerful matriarch. Every step she takes blooms with grace—and power.