"Prince Su brings death to his wives. All three of his previous princess consorts died sudden, violent deaths."
Forced to marry in her sister's place, Gu Yulan thought she would be left alone in a cold courtyard with only a lonely lamp for company. But on their wedding night, Prince Su, Shen Yuan, crushed the jade bracelet on her wrist and warned her coldly, "You are nothing but a decoration in this manor."
She thought him a heartless fiend, never knowing that every night he played the qin, watching over her as she slept.
He thought she was a spy for the Gu family, yet saw her cut her wrist and give him her blood to cure his poison and keep him alive.
When the portrait hidden in the secret chamber revealed the mystery of her birth, and a blood oath on the battlefield awakened the dormant phoenix mark, she finally learned that she was descended from the late emperor, and that Shen Yuan had protected her for eighteen years not under orders, but to atone for his sins.
"Twins are no curse, but imprisoning the phoenix brings calamity."
Amid the struggle for imperial power, he surrendered his military authority in exchange for her freedom. But she tore up the divorce agreement. "Shen Yuan, I'll face this cage with you."
May A-Lan have peace and safety year after year...
