“She heals the sick and saves lives, her proud spirit hidden beneath men’s clothes. He wages war across the land, his childlike heart undimmed by a lifetime of bloodshed.”
“In a troubled age, love is the last thing one should give in to, yet the heart is the hardest thing to control.”
Ning Qingyu was a gifted young woman at the Imperial Medical Academy. But after her family was falsely accused, she had no choice but to disguise herself as a man and practice medicine in secret on the frontier. An outbreak of plague brought her face to face with Xiao Jingyu, the mighty Prince of Zhenbei. He saw through her disguise but chose to protect her; she saved his life but dared not fall for him.
“A healer’s compassion can cure many things, but not lovesickness.”
He suffers from chronic insomnia, and she uses the scent of medicinal herbs to ease it. She is caught in danger, and he shields her with ruthless resolve.
But the court is treacherous, and conspiracies begin to surface. An enemy invasion, a ministerial rebellion, and the suspicions of the imperial family arrive one after another. When Xiao Jingyu is forced to marry the chancellor’s daughter, and Ning Qingyu is accused of colluding with the enemy…
“If this realm has no place for us, then we’ll turn it upside down!”
She wields her medical skills like a blade, stirring the winds of change; he swears by his battle flag to keep her safe.
“Ning Qingyu, in this life, I will bow to no one but you.”
“Xiao Jingyu, this needle of mine can decide life or death, but it cannot cure my foolish obsession with you.”
From frontier battlefields to the depths of the imperial capital, from the distant rivers and lakes to the highest halls of power, the most dangerous thing in this life-or-death game has never been swords or spears. It is the heart that has already surrendered…
