Five years ago, a concubine's scheme left him disgraced, forcing him to flee to the northern frontier.
Five years later, he returns as a Zhaowu Commandant decorated with great military achievements, only to find his father ill and his illegitimate younger brother in power.
A suspicious will leaves the entire family estate to his half-brother. A midnight “theft” is a humiliation carefully planned for him.
But they don't know that the snows of the northern frontier forged more than his military record. They forged fangs.
Xiao Jingyan has returned not only to reclaim everything owed to the legitimate heir, but also to uncover the truth behind his mother's “accidental” death.
But when he takes hold of half of a tiger tally capable of shaking the entire court, he discovers that the secret struggle within this marquis's residence is far more perilous than the battlefield…
