Shen Zhaoyun was reborn before the Shen family was raided. To prevent the family from meeting the same fate again, she carefully investigated why she had been framed in her previous life, only to uncover a wrongful conviction involving rebels from fifteen years ago.
To stay alive after being reborn, Shen Zhaoyun navigates the power struggles between the emperor and the empress dowager. Looking for a powerful patron, she chooses Wang Chengyou, the new emperor’s trusted minister who became chancellor in her previous life, and proposes a political marriage. They test one another, yet their fates are bound together by countless ties...
They have both been reborn...
Shen Zhaoyun has a secret: someone lives inside her heart, a woman who calls herself the Lord of the Snow Domain. She chose Shen Zhaoyun as her new puppet body, but Shen Zhaoyun trapped her within her mental realm, preventing her from escaping. The woman intends to use Shen Zhaoyun to recover her spiritual energy...
Wang Chengyou has a secret too. He is searching for a woman, the former Lord of the Snow Domain. He possesses the Snow Domain artifact, the Dragon-Slaying Halberd, which can carry him into the past in times of danger. After being reborn several times, he finally used up all the halberd’s spiritual energy on his last attempt, losing the ability to travel into the past. In this life, he has discovered a trace of energy in Shen Zhaoyun that matches the Dragon-Slaying Halberd...
Drawn into the world of sorcerers, what is the Lord of the Snow Domain really planning? What are the sorcerers plotting in the eastern capital, where cases keep cropping up?
With the sorcerers throwing the eastern capital into chaos, can Shen Zhaoyun and Wang Chengyou break the deadlock?
As suspicion and desire pull them in opposite directions, the two unravel one perilous plot after another. They open their hearts to each other and join forces to expose the sorcerers’ schemes, while the court remains treacherous...
[Historical court intrigue, mystery and deduction, a powerful reborn duo, fantasy elements, slow-burn romance]