Gongsun Mo, a lone courtier from a poor family, hides beneath his cool, refined air a blade sharpened by ten years of bloody vengeance. He advances cautiously, vowing to drag into the abyss the hand that destroyed his family.
Xiang Tian, a wild and unruly general’s son, catches one glimpse of those hate-filled eyes upon returning to the capital and decides they belong to him. “Little Scholar, I’ve got you covered!” He barges into Mo’s world and promises, under the name A Man, to shield him from every storm.
Court intrigues and hidden arrows lurk at every turn. When a chain of false accusations binds his noble, unyielding spirit, the icy prison chills him to the bone. At the brink of despair, Xiang Tian storms the gates alone, arriving covered in blood. “Mo Mo, A Man’s here!”
His hatred has not faded, yet affection stirs beneath the surface. Mo’s words are sharp as knives; Xiang Tian’s protection is steadfast as stone. On the road to revenge, wit and strength collide, sparks flying. Then, at the edge of life and death, Xiang Tian becomes his shield! In that instant, Gongsun Mo’s frozen heart shatters. What could any blood feud matter when his A Man is alive?
Together, the two brilliant stars set the court ablaze! They reopen old cases and purge the treacherous from the emperor’s side, wielding strategy as their brush and iron blood as their ink to write a thrilling tale of vengeance and justice!
With his revenge complete, Mo nestles in Xiang Tian’s arms. “A Man, this capital is filthy. Let’s leave.” Xiang Tian tosses aside his seal of office and laughs. “Fine! Come read books and fish with your Mo Mo!”
From their first meeting on a snowy night to the misty rain of Jiangnan, from a blood feud to a vow to live and die together, Xiang Tian is the one warmth that can melt the snow and wind around Mo, and the home he willingly returns to. Mo is the vivid ink that colors Xiang Tian’s world, and a love etched into his very bones, unwavering to the end.
See how a lone courtier from a poor family and an unruly general join forces to paint a kingdom of their own.
Two male protagonists, one literary and one martial, ready to collect