Shen Fujin is wary of Xie Yanqing.
He is of noble birth, with an exalted status. Though adored by the emperor, he is violent and unruly.
Rumor has it that he murdered his mother and brother to steal his sister-in-law. To prove her chastity, she ended her life with a white silk cord.
When they meet in the palace, he raises her chin with a bloodstained sword.
“Junzhu Mingluan is nothing special.”
But after she risks her life on the battlefield, fighting until her legs are paralyzed to win her family a marquisate, only to be cast aside by her family and subjected to every kind of humiliation,
Xie Yanqing is the one who lifts her from the rain after she falls from her wheelchair, battered and bedraggled, and makes her a solemn promise.
“Calling you Junzhu Mingluan is an insult to you. I can be the stone beneath your feet, the ladder to the clouds. I'll help you become the greatest woman general in the dynasty and reclaim the title of General Mingluan that was always yours.”
Shen Fujin has no choice. Yet the cruel, bloodthirsty man always appears when she needs him, weaving a peerless web of tenderness that ensnares her completely.
“Cloud's Edge” is the most poisonous toxin in the world. Those infected don't die immediately, but suffer the agony of being devoured by ants every moment of every day.
The only way to neutralize the poison is to find a woman who isn't immune to all poisons but can still withstand the toxin, and have her carry the female insect.
The moment love reaches its peak is when the female insect matures.
And Shen Fujin is the perfect vessel Xie Yanqing has found.
