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Lee Ju-won is the successor to the most powerful family in Joseon. Possessing striking looks, exceptional scholarship, and a gentle demeanor, he falls in love with the heroine at first sight and takes her as his primary wife. Ju-won loves his wife dearly even after marriage, but she harbors a secret. The heroine married into Ju-won's family as a spy to help the family of her long-time friend, Seo-yun. Seo-yun's family had served Ju-won's family for generations, handling covert tasks, but they were framed and ruined after discovering Ju-won's father's treasonous plot. The heroine's family sent their daughter as a spy after being promised immense compensation from Seo-yun's side. Meanwhile, Kim Na-jeong, a daughter of a prestigious family who has long harbored a one-sided love for Ju-won, is jealous of his marriage. However, upon learning of Seo-yun's unfair circumstances, she risks danger to secretly hide him. Finally, Ju-won's father succeeds in his rebellion and usurps the throne, making Ju-won the Crown Prince and the heroine the Crown Princess. However, the new King begins to eliminate those who know his secrets. Eventually, Na-jeong's actions in hiding Seo-yun are discovered, and the two are brought to the capital as criminals. The heroine is shocked to see the two tied with ropes and brought in on a cart. At that moment, Ju-won whispers in her ear. "It is all over now, my lady." Ju-won already knew his wife was a spy and had been communicating with Seo-yun. However, to protect her, he pretended to be ignorant of everything. The King orders the execution of Seo-yun and Na-jeong for the crime of hiding a traitor. The heroine is also implicated, but her life is spared through Ju-won's desperate pleas. Instead, by royal decree, she is demoted from Crown Princess to the Prince's concubine. To save his wife, Ju-won obeys his father's orders and coldly pushes her away. The heroine despairs, believing her husband abandoned her for power. Having lost even Seo-yun and Na-jeong, all she has left is resentment toward her husband. However, Ju-won knew of all his father's evil deeds. Though he failed to save Seo-yun and Na-jeong, he resolves to protect his wife at all costs. While acting as a loyal Crown Prince on the surface, he secretly gathers evidence to prove his father's treason and usurpation. Finally, Ju-won exposes his father's crimes before the court ministers. The truth is revealed: the unjust downfall of Seo-yun's family, the execution of innocents, and the conspiracy that stole the previous King's throne. After his father is deposed, the throne is offered to Ju-won, but he refuses. "This throne was never mine to begin with. I shall now return it to its rightful owner." Ju-won steps down from the position of Crown Prince and helps the legitimate heir of the previous King, who should have originally inherited the throne, to ascend. Having given up all power, Ju-won goes to his wife and confesses the truth. He seeks forgiveness, revealing that pushing her away was not because he didn't love her, but to save her life. After long resentment, the heroine understands his sincerity. With the new King's permission, Ju-won clears his wife's name and takes her, who had been demoted to a concubine, back as his one and only primary wife. The two leave the palace to start a peaceful life away from power and conspiracy. "Once, I had to cast you aside to protect you. But now, no one shall ever pull us apart." The man who chose love over the throne, and the woman who lost everything only to find love again. Their true marriage begins now.