[The heroine is unaware of her feelings + The male lead competes for her affection + The second male lead chases his wife after losing her]
Amid the flood of fate, how much unrequited love, silent longing, and concern remains hidden?
She is Shen Qingci, the youngest daughter of the General of Zhenbei. Once, beneath her parents' protection, she smiled through spring days and played chase with her older sister, believing she would always be surrounded by such warmth. Then war erupted at the border. She followed her family to the battlefield, only to watch their peaceful lives shatter on the eve of victory. Her parents were brutally killed, her sister vanished, and she was left an orphan with nowhere to go.
Adopted by her father's close friend, she forgot many things, but never the warmth of Gu Yunzhou's palm. The young master of the Minister of Revenue's household was a light in her darkness. He shielded her from gossip and spoiled her until she became the most dazzling young lady in the capital. But just as she began to understand that the feelings in her heart went beyond those between siblings, one woman after another appeared by his side. On countless sleepless nights, she asked herself: Was all that tenderness just familial affection, or a hope she was too afraid to admit she held?
Fate's cruel jokes never stopped. When a foreign delegation tried to force a marriage, he knocked on the Regent's door late at night to protect her. In the space of one night, she married into the Prince's residence and became the wife of Xiao Jue, the Regent who held power over the court. This cold and inscrutable man sheltered her under his wing with a marriage of convenience, yet as they spent their days together, she glimpsed the softness beneath his icy mask.
On one side was a childhood sweetheart, and the pain of loving him without hope. On the other was an unexpected companion, and the warmth of a bond growing ever closer.
As fate's gears turn once more, will they find their own happy endings after all the twists and turns?
