A country doctor burdened by blood revenge VS a cold-faced prince who plans several moves ahead
[Mutual devotion + Revenge + Love and hate + Political intrigue]
With her entire family slaughtered and her younger brother missing, Jiang Shuoyue comes to the capital alone.
That night, he is struck by a poisoned arrow. Hers is the only pharmacy in the city still open.
She pulls out the arrow, draws out the poison, and applies medicine, her hands steadier than any country girl’s should be.
He gives her a copper button. “If you ever find yourself in trouble, come to me.”
She has only two reasons for coming to the capital: find her missing brother and uncover the truth behind her family’s massacre ten years ago.
Hiding all her secrets, she becomes a physician in the household and moves into the prince’s residence, carefully plotting each step.
But the way he looks at her grows less and less like the way one looks at a pawn.
The Crown Prince takes a liking to her and demands her in front of the entire court.
She thinks he will hand her over like a piece of merchandise.
Instead, he says, “She belongs to me. She is not an object.”
He shields her from the Crown Prince’s advances and investigates the villains who have been following her.
She thinks he is protecting her, but then he turns around and says:
“She’s not worth much if we give her away now. We’ll send her off when she’s worth more.”
On one side is the flutter of a young woman’s heart; on the other, the cold-blooded schemes of the political arena.
She thinks she is the one seeking revenge, unaware that she has long since entered his game.
The opposite of love has never been hatred. It is no longer caring about you.
This story moves at a moderate pace, with interlocking plotlines and all loose ends tied up.
