[Historical Romance] [Political Intrigue] [No Harem] [Satisfying Characterization] [Intelligent Characters] [Scheming Male Lead] [Strong Female Lead]
The male lead, Ling Jingchen, was the son of Prince Ling, who went to war alongside the emperor to pacify the land. Prince Ling traveled to Qin Guan and never returned, leaving the young Ling Jingchen an orphan. Before the realm was pacified, the emperor and Prince Ling had been sworn brothers. After Prince Ling's death, Ling Jingchen became the last surviving bloodline Prince Ling had left to the emperor.
Influenced by both Prince Ling and the emperor from a young age, Ling Jingchen developed a deep interest in martial arts. With the emperor's help, he also mastered the history books. After his father's death, Ling Jingchen volunteered to go to the frontier to temper himself. He was gone for four years, and those years on the border earned him the title of God of War. When his four-year term was up, the emperor ordered him to return to the capital at once.
The emperor seemed to have everything arranged before his return. On the very day Ling Jingchen arrived, he had the commissioner of the Mingjing Bureau executed in front of him. Once the officials had left, the emperor ordered Ling Jingchen to take over as commissioner. While secretly investigating the Qin Guan case, he discovered an ordinary tavern, the Zhuhua Tower, which proved to be the beginning of the search for the truth behind Qin Guan.
On his first visit to Zhuhua Tower, he ran into eight guards from the Sun residence, all of them utterly thuggish. The carriage he happened to rescue also led to his first meeting with the female lead, setting the strong female lead Hua Yueyao on her path of growth.
Hua Yueyao's father, Prince Hua, was framed. Ling Jingchen took him away right in front of her. To uncover the truth, Ling Jingchen slipped into the residence every day and passed messages to Hua Yueyao through a window. Their slow-burning romance had already been bound together by those letters.
