Snow Falls in the North

◆ Unhinged young marshal × sweet-looking beauty with a hidden edge ◆

◆ Taking her by force × Mutual redemption ◆

◆ Warlord family × Forbidden love ◆

"She was his stepmother in name, but the one and only undoing of his life."

Xiao Ruxue, a fallen daughter of a scholarly family in Jinling, was forced to marry into the Gu household at eighteen, becoming the second wife of Gu Minruo, a warlord.

Beneath the blazing red wedding candles, she learned the truth: this grand old mansion was nothing more than another cage.

Gu Beisheng, the Gu family's eldest legitimate son, joined the army as a boy. A scar between his brows concealed a lifetime of bloodshed and restraint.

When they first met, he stood behind a folding screen and watched her kneel to serve tea, his gaze an unreadable undercurrent.

A game of chess, two pieces.

She held the black general, concealing her edge with patience; he held the red marshal, advancing one step at a time.

Eight concubines watched them like hawks, while the weight of feudal rules made it hard to breathe.

But when the chains on the Bronze Sparrow Terrace snapped with a clang, they finally realized...

Some feelings had already taken root in the shadows.