During the reign of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di purged the old Jianwen Party. The Lin family in Jinling was ransacked due to involvement, and everyone was killed. Only the orphan Lin Yanzhi was secretly rescued by her uncle's Liu family.
Since then, the once noble daughter has become a dependent girl, but Liu Yanxiu, the eldest son of Liu, has overturned this fate and turned it into the beginning of a lifelong obsession.
Liu Yanxiu had a deep friendship with his cousin since childhood. After hearing about her experience, he devoted all his tenderness to her.
He despised the official career and economy, and despised the struggle between powerful families. Only Lin Yanzhi's frightened and tearful look remained in his eyes.
"I don't care about royalty, wealth or honor in this world. I just want my sister Yanzhi."
One word exposed the young man's sincerity, and quietly dragged the Liu family into a crisis under the shadow of the imperial power.
In the eighteenth year of Yongle, Lin Yanzhi knelt in the snow, digging her fingertips into the seams of the bluestone. The blood mixed with the snow looked like her crushed heart.
Liu Yanxiu was chained to the torture rack, and Jin Yiwei's whip whipped him to pieces.
He raised his head and smiled at her: "Yan Zhi, don't cry."
"Why... Why..."
He coughed up blood, his voice as soft as a sigh: Because... I have lived only when you are alive. "
When the executioner's knife fell, she rushed towards him like crazy, but only received his hot blood.
Later, she burned Liu's house on fire and jumped into the Qinhuai River holding his ashes.
The moment the river swallowed her, she finally smiled.
Yanxiu, I will protect you this time.
