He offers tender devotion to prove his love, presenting the bright jewels of Jiangnan. With no parents and a chief minister for a brother, he is a chancellor who shares the realm with the sovereign. She is a woman of such talent that the world is moved by her, yet no one has ever seen her true face. Slowly drawing her in is no longer what he wants. She is at once close and distant, and always just beyond his understanding. Only many years later do they finally realize which of them was the fish in the pond.
