[Strong male lead + strong female lead + angst + happy ending + many twists + play the pig to eat the tiger + multiple secret identities]
He is the most brooding prince of Southern Tang. Born in the palace, he is trapped in an incomplete body and endures contempt from all sides. The emperor sees him as a threat, and his brothers treat him like an insect, yet with an iron fist he has quietly seized control of half the court.
He is the fearsome master of the Fragrance Pavilion, a figure from the martial world who takes lives with a smile and has never known tenderness.
She is the legitimate daughter of a marquis's household, yet lives a life lower than a servant's. Her adoptive mother is unwelcome, and her adoptive father ignores her. She hides her talents and plays the fool, asking only for a chance to survive.
He uses her casually as a pawn.
He thinks she is no more than an insect. What does it matter if he crushes her?
He sneered, “You think you can compare yourself to her? You're not worthy.”
When he returned, having crushed his enemy's skull, he found her standing at the foot of the steps in her wedding dress:
“Mu Chuchen, you and I are finished.”
The cold wind howled. Whose voice was it that shattered across the wilderness?
