Possessive Pursuit × Tender Protection × Mutual Healing × One-on-One, Dual Happy Ending
Orphan Lu Xuetang searches for clues about the massacre of her family. At a lavish banquet in the imperial capital, she is exposed by Shen Yanci, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and secretly imprisoned. Two souls burdened by blood feuds move through political schemes, suspicion, and protection, going from trying to outmaneuver each other to discovering that they are both victims of the same earth-shattering secret. As they pursue the truth, possessive pursuit and tender protection intertwine, while family vendettas collide with love and hate. In the end, they become each other's only faith in a dark and troubled age, shake the dynasty together, and walk hand in hand toward a new life.
The plot line is a logical closed loop, and the foreshadowing is a blur. The reversal is both unexpected and reasonable, making it a hearty read; The ancient style brushwork is delicate and tasteful, the scenes are described as if they were in a painting, and the dialogue between the characters fits the context of the times without any sense of violation; The group portraits are three-dimensional and vivid, the positive and negative characters each have their own positions and arcs, the emotional and political lines are naturally intertwined, and the empathy is full; The pattern is grand but not empty, showing people's hearts in small places and family and country in big places. In the game of power and intrigue, there is an in-depth discussion of human nature and morality.