She is a "caged bird" bent on revenge, and he is the "mastermind" who has been plotting for years. When their disguises are torn away and their games collide, can they take each other's hands and find a moment of sunlight amid a mountain of corpses?
Ten years ago, the Shen family was falsely accused and slaughtered at the execution grounds. The only survivor, orphan Shen Zhiyi, hides in the imperial palace, pretending to be a timid, helpless nobody, all to uncover the truth and clear her family's name.
Ten years later, she weaves a web in the dark and lays her plans in silence. Everyone thinks she is weak and easy to bully, until the day of a palace banquet, when her performance of "Jinse" shocks the world. Only then does she reveal her true power, trampling the entire dynasty's game of power beneath her feet.
Prince Ning, Xiao Jing, is gentle as jade, carefree and easygoing, a wealthy prince who, in the eyes of the world, cares only for romance and pleasure. No one knows he secretly controls the lifelines of the empire, waiting for the right moment. He saw through her disguise long ago, yet willingly entered her game, laying his plans step by step and patiently pursuing her. He wants the realm, but he wants her even more.
