Pei Yanzhi, a famous "waste young minister" in Dali Temple, pretended to be crazy and played with cats all day long, which made his colleagues jump in anger. No one knows that there are hidden mysteries behind his seemingly absurd actions - the tea-stained paintings of tortoises are actually cipher text, losing chess to dogs is actually a formation of troops, and even the "Resolution of Injustices" he memorized when he had a fever is an encrypted list of treason.
Shen Zhiwei, the most glamorous oiran of Jinxue Pavilion, plays the piano and paints on the surface, but secretly is carrying out a ten-year revenge. Until one day she was shocked to discover that this "idiot" whom she always poured tea on was actually her family-killing enemy whom she had mistakenly recognized for ten years! What shocked her even more was that the silver bells he bought on the 15th of every month were all old things she had lost when she was young...
When Qin Xian hides a secret message, the chess pieces become a killing move, and even the cat secretly assists:
She handed over the poison cake and he swallowed it with a smile: "Sweet, like Miss Shen's heart."
He brought the heater, but a list of treason was revealed in the ashes...
"We lie to each other, but we love each other through lies."
Highlights of female videos: Misidentification of Qingmei/Revenge of Sadomasochism/Two-way Redemption
Cool points for men's videos: high IQ games/secret words to solve crimes/secret battles in the court
"Ten years of misunderstanding, half a lifetime of chess-playing. Who is the real chess player in this love-hate relationship?"
Reader comments
This romance novel really hit home for me. The author's writing style is delicate and smart, and the male and female protagonists are both powerful. I like this setting very much. The plot also seems to be very exploratory, with a lot of foreshadowing. I am looking forward to the subsequent plot development.
This romance novel really hit home for me. The author's writing style is delicate and smart, and the male and female protagonists are both powerful. I like this setting very much. The plot also seems to be very exploratory, with a lot of foreshadowing. I am looking forward to the subsequent plot development.