He was once Qingyun’s most brilliant and celebrated young talent. In a single night, he became a prisoner, his family destroyed and his reputation in ruins.
Stripped of his pride and consumed by blood-deep vengeance, Gu Xingzhi returned from a living hell. He thought the rest of his life would be spent in darkness, with only revenge for company, until he met her.
She was the capital’s most dazzling blaze, Qin Jiuyue, the beloved daughter of the mighty General of the North. In red robes, with a long whip in hand, she was ruthless and feared nothing.
What seemed like a casual bargain was her way of pulling him from the mire. She wanted his talent for turning the political tides; he offered his venomous schemes in exchange for the blade she wielded to tear through the darkness.
“What’s the point of killing just one servant? If you’re going to kill, kill his whole family.”
“Of course. As you wish, my lady.”
They were the perfect partners in crime in the dark. From bringing down court officials to shaking the imperial throne, they made the entire realm their game board and unleashed a bloody storm across the capital.
Her boldness was the only light on his path to revenge.
His restraint was the only rein on her spreading flames.
Once the injustice is avenged and they hold power over the court, will they become each other’s final pieces, or join hands to survey the vast realm they conquered together?
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