On a snowy night in the tenth year of Shaoxing, Ru Fangfeng burns Marshal Yue’s final letter with his own hands.
He is Qin Hui’s sharpest blade, yet in the shadows where no one knows, he protects Yue Fei’s last surviving bloodline.
At court, he smiles at the officials while secretly meddling with the peace treaty negotiations with the Jin kingdom.
Far from the court, he takes up his sword and enters the martial arts tournament alone, forging an alliance with anti-Jin fighters in blood.
When Qin Hui offers him poisoned wine, Ru Fangfeng finally reveals the character Yue branded onto his left shoulder.
“Father,” he says with a smile as he drinks the poison, “I’ve won this game.”
As blood soaks the decree restoring Yue Fei’s reputation, the most stirring rendition of “Man Jiang Hong” in thirty years rings out across Lin’an.
