In the alley on a rainy night, she was a medical woman from a medicine shop who saved lives and healed the wounded, and he was a mysterious passerby covered in blood. A black jade pendant engraved with the word "night" entangled two people who had no intersection at all - she didn't know that he was Xiao Jue, the powerful King of Yelin, and he didn't expect that this seemingly weak woman would become his destined fate.
In the palace, he forced her to stay by his side in the name of "healing old wounds". It was true that he was making things difficult and his heartbeat was true. He shielded her from the harassment of market gangsters, and made an exception for her by giving her untimely mint. She made him a soothing soup with added ingredients, and when he was behind bars, she took the evidence and made a desperate move.
When the identity of the "former Tutor's daughter" was exposed, and when the palace conspiracy dragged the two of them into the abyss, he was willing to go to jail and exchanged his life for her safety; she broke through many obstacles and revealed the dust-laden truth amidst the light of swords and shadows. There is unspoken affection hidden in the fragrance of the medicine, and heart-wrenching choices wrapped in the conspiracy. From the drug store in the alley to the prison in the imperial city, they repeatedly pulled on the edge of sweetness and cruelty, but in the end, they saw clearly in each other's eyes an obsession that was heavier than their lives.
However, when she ran to the prison holding a secret edict to clear up her grievances, what came to her was the news that he had "committed suicide". Is this unexpected redemption a successful prologue or a tragic ending?
