A royal betrothal, yet it takes the lives of two young women to keep the lie alive.
The true heiress is imprisoned in an ancient castle, her beauty ruined. The false substitute is married off to the Crown Prince, her heart breaking. From tender feelings on the grasslands to schemes in a grand mansion, the steward and the matriarch build their fortune on secrets, never realizing they have already stepped into an abyss.
The ravings of a mad young master, the sudden death of an old nursemaid, the imprisoned figure at the estate beyond the city... Everyone in the know quietly “dies of illness.”
When the earnest prince finally parts the layers of mist, what awaits him is not a happy reunion, but a bloody truth and his beloved’s resolute leap to her death.
The most beautiful love legend of Yarkand began with a carefully planned secret lie that would devour everyone.
