[National Grudge] [Mystery and Investigation] [Innocent Romance] [Two-Faced, Older, Reserved Orphaned Crown Prince X Clever, Younger, Brave and Sunny Commandery Princess X Passionate, Older, Gentle, Devoted, Handsome Young Master]
A baby's cries rang out from the delivery room of the Southern Brocade Prince's manor. A young heir was born, unaware that a storm over imperial power was already brewing. The Grand Tutor of Changjing arrived with Shen Yu, the late emperor's orphaned son, and dumped this hot potato on the Prince of Southern Brocade. When they first met, the prince's daughter, Chang Xi, mistook Shen Yu for an illegitimate child, turning the manor upside down. But as they spent their days together, their hostility gradually gave way to secret affection.
Commandery Princess Chang Xi could break Xiang Mi's schemes with her sword, then turn around and tease Crown Prince Shen Yu. But to her, love was only a fleeting feeling.
Chang Xi was no sentimental sort. If Shen Yu wanted to go back, she certainly wouldn't stop him. She simply took her heart back as well.
As it happened, Zhao Zhuozhen, the young master of the Yun Jian Trading House, entered the scene halfway through. He felt an instant kinship with this carefree, beautiful woman, and fell for her at their second meeting. He investigated cases alongside her and looked after her feelings day after day, hoping she might give him even the smallest part of her heart.
But Shen Yu returned to Southern Brocade for his own reasons. Facing the formidable Shen Yu, Zhao Zhuozhen refused to yield an inch. Their clashes even sparked the beginnings of friendship between him and the Shen brothers.
Caught between the advances of Crown Prince Shen Yu and young master Zhao Zhuozhen, Chang Xi was at her wit's end, feeling as if there were noisy sparrows chirping in her ears. Together with the young heir Shen Shishen, the four secretly ventured into enemy territory for the sake of their country and its people. Old and new grudges, private and public vendettas: now Chang Xi would settle them all at once!
