A great fire and two lifetimes of love severed the countless ties between them.
Yun Yi, the renowned General Who Guards the North of Donglin, held power over the court and was unrivaled in the capital. Yet he had only one wife in his household. People said he was a devoted husband, never knowing that he simply had yet to find the woman he loved.
Zongzheng Lichuan, once a cold-faced young noble who had charged across countless battlefields, was badly wounded in the leg by an enemy crown prince. He withdrew from court and became an idle gentleman. But in secret, he controlled a first-rate intelligence network spanning four kingdoms and commanded the wealth of the realm. To make her his, he was willing to scheme against the world itself, weaving a net of love to keep her firmly in his grasp.
