Amid a world torn apart by war, Wu Die and a young man lean on each other. He takes an arrow in the back to protect her, and she believes he has died. For the next ten years, Wu Die struggles to survive as fate tosses her about, until a twist of circumstance brings her into the imperial palace of an enemy nation. When she removes her phoenix crown in the great hall, she comes face to face with the emperor on the throne: the very young man from all those years ago. The enemy's machinations once drove them apart, and now he is hiding the fact that he survived and the secret of his rise to the throne. The gulf between their stations and years of misunderstandings leave them torn between love and reality. In the hostile palace, Wu Die must face the tangled feelings of the past while also confronting dangers yet unknown. Even after their reunion, countless obstacles may still keep them apart, leaving them to taste the bitterness of love lost.
