He is the most notorious sycophant counselor in Liang Dynasty, Jade-faced Shura Liao Wuhen.
Everyone in the world knew that he was ruthless and a helper of evil, but they didn't know that he was poisoned by a strange poison and could only live for three years. All he did was to protect his sick and young sister and live an ignoble existence among the powerful.
His only thought was to live - even if he lived like a dog.
The seventh prince, He Mingjiu, is as noble as jade and has deep forbearance. He is the only sober sword-holder in this dirty court.
In order to investigate the old case of Zhongliang's family extermination, he approached Liao Wuhen step by step, but in repeated confrontations, he glimpsed the broken soul under the cold mask.
One had to do evil in order to survive, and the other had to eliminate adultery for the common people.
They were supposed to be natural enemies, but in the maelstrom of swords and shadows, they developed a forbidden sympathy and love for each other.
But when the truth about the past murder case was revealed, Liao Wuhen's hands were stained with the blood of Heming's nine closest relatives.
The poison in his body also stems from a shocking conspiracy that spanned twenty years.
The chess piece and the chess player, the sinner and the redeemer, the lover and the enemy - how should he survive in this deadly game where the world is at stake? What should I do to love the person I shouldn't love?
The most severe punishment in the world is never death, but letting a person live and watching everything he loves fall apart.
