As the daughter of a military family in the Southern Sang Kingdom, Xin Jiujiu grew up more doted on than the princesses and princes. Her grandfather had been one of the brothers who helped the late emperor conquer the realm, and her parents had died defending the kingdom’s border.
Yet she gave her heart to Zhao Lian, the second prince, whose mother was mad and who was cold and uncaring, with no favor from the emperor. She gave him everything he wanted with both hands, until she was left battered and broken.
Her iron-willed, formidable elder brother: “He’s only using you to gain power.”
Her dear friend, born into a tragic life: “You have to fight for what you want. He and I are the same kind of person.”
Zhao Lian, devoted to finding a way to undo regrets: “I almost believed you!”
Zhao Lian’s greatest regret was giving up his childhood sweetheart, Xin Jiujiu, for power. Only after learning the truth of his birth did he understand that she was the only light in his life. From then on, every scheme he devised was meant to win Xin Jiujiu back and make her love him again.
Tame the mountains and seas, fill the ravines and valleys, all for one heart.
