Shen Qingci, the legitimate daughter of the Hou Mansion, was originally a delicate bird that was envied by everyone in the capital, but once her younger brother was involved in an assassination case, she was captured by Xiao Jue, the powerful King of Zhenbei.
That man was a ruthless and powerful official who crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. He was cunning and cunning, and his methods were ruthless. The noble families in the capital changed their minds after hearing this. He threatened the lives of the whole family in the Hou family and regarded her as a chess piece in his hand, calculating every step and testing her at every turn.
"If the truth cannot be found out within three days, your brother will be buried with me for assassinating the king."
The cold threat was like a knife at her neck. Shen Qingci put away the mask of meekness and used strategy as an edge to deal with the undercurrents in the court and the crisis in the Hou Mansion. She searched for clues and solved the conspiracy, but she didn't know that she had already fallen into the trap he had laid.
He watched her struggling in a desperate situation, with amusement and determination hidden in her eyes: "Shen Qingci, as my concubine, the prince's palace can be protected, and you can also... Live."
She hid a knife in her smile, pretending to be submissive, just looking for an opportunity to break free from the cage, but in each confrontation, she caught a glimpse of his secret past and unknown tenderness behind his ruthless mask.
When intrigues and heartbeats become entangled, the boundaries between chess pieces and chess players gradually blur——
"My lord, do you want to control me, or are you already interested?"
He grabbed her chin, and his tone was cruel but with a hint of loss of control: "Remember your identity, you are just my prisoner, don't even think about escaping."
But the prison bird has wings and will eventually soar into the clouds; the cold blade that hides love will eventually melt. In this game with life as the bet, who fell in love first, and who lost heart first?
