She was the sharpest blade on the northern frontier. The bloodshed had only just ended, and she was laden with honors, when an imperial edict abruptly summoned her back to the capital.
He was the most calculating player at court, wielding power over the realm and life and death alike. He saw her triumphant return as the first move in his game.
From the blood-soaked borderlands to the palace halls where smiles concealed daggers, the contest between General Jiang Lin and the regent, Imperial Uncle Xiao Yan, began.
Would she become a pawn, or seize the pieces and break the game?
When a cold blade cuts through the nine layers of fog, everything is only just beginning…
