[Two formidable leads, political schemes, a heroine building her career, devoted one-on-one romance, happy ending]
The year her mother died, Shen Wangshu found a bloodstained farewell letter in a cold cellar.
The so-called “illness” that killed her mother was actually a carefully planned silencing. The so-called “favor of the imperial family” was a gilded cage that devoured its victims.
An old case in Zhou, secrets from the Cold Palace, five mysterious tokens... Step by step, she tears away the shroud covering the entire dynasty's darkest secrets.
Everyone laughs at her, the marquis's eldest daughter now without her mother's protection, never realizing she has already made her move in this game and will never regret it.
Until the man who holds power over the whole court bends down to shield her from every hidden arrow:
“Shen Wangshu, I'll help you avenge your mother, and I'll play your game by your side.”
Her mother supposedly died of an “illness,” yet Shen Wangshu found a blood letter in the cellar. Zhou, the Cold Palace, five tokens: what she uncovers isn't just the truth, but the shroud covering the entire dynasty.
