Three male leads.
A disgraced crown prince feared by the emperor, a young general rejected by his father because his birth supposedly killed his mother, and an illegitimate prince despised by the emperor because his birth mother was lowborn.
This is a story about fighting against fate.
The fourth book in the Palace Assassination series.
Main pairing: Song Yan and Shen Fang, a general’s illegitimate son saddled with an ill-omened reputation and a disgraced crown prince rejected by the emperor.
Secondary pairing 1: Gao Zhi and Lin Quan, a younger junior disciple and his senior brother.
Secondary pairing 2: Lu Qi and Wei Meng, a shop owner’s heir and his childhood friend, a young shop assistant.
Secondary pairing 3: Lin Luwei and Chen Qi, a spoiled young lord of a princess’s household and the little underling he rescued.
Secondary pairing 4: Mo Lichuan and Qu Yandong, a shadow guard and a lonely prince.
Secondary pairing 5: Yin Li and Jian Lin, a clueless eldest prince and his adviser.
Love triangle: Shen Fang, Song Yan, and Huo Qingtong, a disgraced crown prince, a young general, and a young imperial physician.
Within the palace walls, power changes hands, and the first thing sacrificed for the throne that rules the realm is the bond of blood.
Not enough, not enough, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
It's so sad. Why did everyone die? In the end, Song Yan died. How could Shen Fang live?
The writing is really good, but Xixi is too cold, and there are less than a thousand people reading it, ugh