[Unorthodox Zuo Zhixuan & Rebel Xiang Qingchen]
A young lady raised in a grand household, accustomed to its shifting fortunes, abandons her family on her wedding day. She hopes to roam freely to the ends of the earth, but one false move leaves her marked by a “bandit.”
She travels from place to place, unable to escape, until fate draws her into the bandits’ lair.
They forge an alliance and plot rebellion together, casting aside their good names in the world.
Zuo Zhixuan fakes her death and flees on her wedding day, never expecting someone to charge straight into the flames.
After she stumbles upon his secret, he hunts her down.
Yet barely two days later, he changes his tune and tries to cozy up to her.
They say strange behavior always has a reason. Zuo Zhixuan watches him carefully, waiting to see what he is after.
She never expects Xiang Qingchen to have such grand ambitions: he assassinates the Third Prince and leaves the body lying in the street, stirring up a storm in the capital.
His shiftless cousin, Ye Xuanchu, has just entered officialdom and is forced to take charge of the case. As expected, he is framed and thrown into prison.
Zuo Zhixuan has barely crossed the capital’s gates when she turns back to rescue him, only to discover that most of this was aimed at her. Ye Xuan was merely an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire.
The First Prince, Liang Xi, returns to the capital and sets a trap. Xiang Qingchen appears to fall for it, but an unidentified hand is also at work behind the scenes.
Zuo Zhixuan controls the South Market’s trade and commands half of Jinling. She and Liang Xi have already made a pact, but now Liang Xi has begun to fear her. What should she do?
The First Prince plots treason. Xiang Qingchen enters the capital as a commoner, supports the least-favored Fifth Prince, and sets out to become a rebel himself.
And whom will Zuo Zhixuan support?
