[Childhood sweethearts, a game of chess that binds their hearts, and blood-soaked schemes of power: who can win a true heart?]
Amid the upheaval of a war-torn age, three young people entangled by fate weave a lifelong bond within the walls of a grand estate. Xie Yutang, dependent on another family’s kindness, will always remember the day Lu Qingya handed her a little wooden puppet. The emotions Lu Huailin hid in his eyes were colder than the icicles beneath the eaves. When the gentle boy she grew up with dons armor and rides off to war, and the calculating elder brother who would master the world of chess grips her sleeve in the dead of night, the wheels of fate are already turning with a thunderous roar, carrying blood-soaked schemes of power in their wake.
[Highlights]
◆ A push-and-pull between two male leads: a sunny, devoted general × a cunning, celibate minister, with a double dose of childhood-sweetheart tension
◆ A carefully woven political intrigue: from family infighting to changes in imperial power, every move on and off the board is a deadly struggle
◆ An epic of a woman’s growth: from living under another’s roof to wielding power, watch a clearheaded heroine find a way through a chaotic age
“Qingya is the light that shines into the abyss, while Huailin... was the abyss itself all along.”, Xie Yutang
