The Coolness of Sheng’s Song

Nan Sheng, the prime minister’s legitimate daughter, was exceptionally talented in the arts and renowned throughout the land. At the Peony Festival, she met him for the first time. He seemed a frail scholar, yet rescued her from a raging fire in her hour of need. From then on, he lived in her heart. When they met again, he had become the newly appointed top scholar. After finally securing her parents’ permission to marry him, she brought disaster upon the entire prime minister’s household, leaving them all dead. The executioner was none other than Xu Yanqing, the top scholar she had loved with all her heart.

Wang Yiyu was the general’s legitimate daughter. For three generations, the Wang family had guarded the borders. By her generation, only she remained: a young female general disguised as a man under the name Wang Yu. Her father had spent years protecting the country on the frontier, while she had made a name for herself at a young age in the capital. Bandits trembled wherever she went within the borders of the Great Xia Kingdom.

When Nan Sheng met Wang Yiyu again, her home had been destroyed and her family disgraced. The only person to escape was an unknown nobody, with no idea where to go or how to clear the prime minister’s household of its crimes. Wang Yiyu, meanwhile, had no idea how to deal with the daughter of the Prince of Shun, who was forcing her into marriage. She escaped the capital to lie low. The two women, who should have had nothing to do with each other in this life, became allies, each with something to gain. Wang Yiyu also promised to help Nan Sheng find evidence proving the prime minister’s household innocent, and one day bring down Xu Yanqing and the people behind him, clearing the family’s name…