Parting the Clouds to See You

He is Xie Yanci, heir to the Duke of Zhenguo, whose power reaches across the court, and the sharpest blade in the emperor’s hand.

She is Shen Qingyu, daughter of a low-ranking sixth-grade official, and a master strategist holding the accounts that can turn the tides of power.

A missing-weapons case and a bloody conspiracy bind their fates together.

He believes she is devious and calculating. She loathes his arrogance.

Prejudice stands between them like a wall of ice.

Until the night of a pursuit, when he takes an arrow meant for her and plunges into the icy river.

As his consciousness fades, his burning feelings finally break through the ice. “Shen Qingyu… I have feelings for you.”

He removes his scarlet robe before the throne. “If she is guilty, then I will share her guilt.”

She works an abacus in the bustling streets for his sake, tearing open a shocking conspiracy through the account books.

From playing husband and wife and sharing tender moments to entrusting each other with their lives;

from a silent spark of attraction in a carriage on a rainy night to exchanging smiles as they stand together at the pinnacle of power.

As layer after layer of conspiracy is stripped away, he clasps her hand.

“I don’t want you to lower yourself for me.”

“I want the whole world to see that what once seemed an impossible gulf between us can become fertile soil for the realm we build together.”

|Cool, chaste statesman x clever, resilient accountant’s daughter|

|A powerful pair joining forces, shaking the court with account books from the common streets