On a snowy night, Shen Qingci, daughter of a disgraced official, stopped Xiao Yu’s carriage, pledging her mastery of incense and painting to win her way into the turbulent Governor-General’s residence. One sought survival, the other intended to use her. Beneath the same roof, suspicion and probing questions stirred like hidden currents. When an assassination in the palace marked the beginning of trust, two cold hearts found warmth in each other amid darkness and political intrigue. He was an incomplete eunuch, and she was an orphan burdened with secrets. In this man-eating imperial city, could they become each other’s only salvation? This is a story of restraint and protection, of two people kindling a flame in the snow.
