The Deep-Sea Cage and the Demon God's Bride

On a snowy night in the thirteenth year of Yongchang, the most honored crown prince of the Dayan dynasty bent down before her and placed the jade pendant he always wore in her cold little hand.

“Would you like to live in the Eastern Palace from now on? I'm your big brother, the Crown Prince.”

The timid little girl who clutched his sleeve became the Eastern Palace's most precious darling.

Over the next ten years, he watched her grow from a lonely, despondent girl into a peerless beauty. He kept watch by her side all night when she had nightmares, fed her medicine when she was sick, and waded into the water to pick lotus flowers with her when she wanted them.

On the day she came of age, a thousand colored-glass lanterns lit up one by one in the plum grove. He personally placed a white-jade plum blossom hairpin in her hair. “From now on, your big brother the Crown Prince will celebrate every birthday with you.”

But dark currents swirled beneath the court's calm surface, and the truth behind General Su's death began to emerge.

When she was in danger at Wolf Mountain, he took a poisoned arrow for her. When he was attacked, she recognized the standard short arrows of the Northwest Army.

As the secret of the bronze key came to light and the schemes of the former dynasty's remnants and the northern tribes were exposed, they realized that their path of mutual devotion would be far more difficult than they had imagined.

“Jiaojiao, tell your big brother the Crown Prince, are you willing to stay in the Eastern Palace forever?”

“Wherever big brother the Crown Prince is, that's home for Jiaojiao.”

“The Eastern Palace is your home, and I will give you a true family.”