The Kingdom of Dongling fell, and Princess Si Qingyue was cast aside and sent away for a political marriage.
On her wedding night, the red candles illuminated the stern figure in a wheelchair. Si Qingyue was shaken to her core: the man before her, Yun Yi, the Seventh Prince of Nanyue, was the young prince who had injured his legs in an accident during the famine relief effort in Youzhou five years ago. Back then, she had been a displaced refugee, and he had given her a chance to survive. Now she was a secondary consort sent by a defeated kingdom, his wife in name only.
The prince’s residence was desolate, and he was cold and distant. With the royal family watching him warily and intrigue brewing within the household, she had to tread carefully despite her lowly position. He had once been heaven’s favored child, but his injured legs had brought him crashing down. Yet in her patience and quick wits, he found a warmth he had not felt in years. She bore the burden of her homeland’s mission, but his quiet protection, time and again, stirred genuine feelings in her.
As the buried past came to light and palace rivalries became entangled with conflict between the two kingdoms, she searched for medicine to save his life, while he shielded her from every storm. It turned out that the chance encounter five years ago had already bound them together for life.
One is a disabled prince who has fallen into the mire but still retains his pride; the other is a princess sent away for a political marriage, burdened by her homeland yet yearning for the light. In a chaotic age, they save each other; amid political schemes, they remain true to their hearts. Together, they finally break the shackles of fate and share a lifetime of devotion: “The moon sets over Nanyue, while Yi guards Qinghuan.”
