Clouds of Sorrow, City of Beauty

The Crown Princess Qianyun perishes in a sea of flames, leaving behind only a charred corpse. The Second Prince, summoned from among the common folk, returns to the palace with a mysterious woman named Yunrong. As the two princes vie for the throne, she slips poison into the Crown Prince’s food with her own hands. When her memories return, she leaps from Feixia Mountain, following the Crown Prince’s shadow and offering her life in atonement. She miraculously survives, and happiness seems within reach, but he cannot let go of his ambition to rule the land. The Second Prince raises his sword in grief and severs their bond. To bring peace to the realm, he ends the fighting and surrenders his military authority. The Crown Prince finally claims the throne, but his beloved vanishes amid the chaos of war. After half a year of searching, the Second Prince finds Qianyun and stays by her side through the final days of her life. Three years later, he returns her ashes to the Crown Prince. The two men put their grievances behind them, but the one they loved is lost to them forever.