Undercurrents are surging in the Dasheng Dynasty. The fourth prince Xiao Mingzhan has endured the injustice of his mother's family for many years and vowed to wash away his enemies with blood. Pei Zhaoning, the daughter of the censor, is smart and courageous, but she is used as a pawn by her family and forced to marry the tyrannical eldest prince. A shocking encounter formed an alliance between two people who were unwilling to accept their fate - he allowed her freedom, and she helped him get revenge. From fake marriage to sincerity, from intrigue to redemption, they join hands to fight against the queen, disintegrate the eldest son's faction, and finally overthrow the court. When the hatred ends and the empire is established, a new story has just begun under the blood-stained crabapple tree...
