Three years ago, Shen Qingyuan vanished without a trace, severing every tie of affection with Xiao Jue. Three years later, she became the most beautiful courtesan in the capital, renowned at the Lanyue Pavilion, with nothing but bone-deep hatred in her eyes.
Once a noblewoman of a distinguished family, now a beauty of the pleasure quarter, she schemes at every turn, all to exact revenge on the prime minister’s household.
With a cup of poisoned wine, she personally fed it to Liu Wanning, the prime minister’s daughter, and watched the pampered young lady’s reputation crumble. In a plain white robe, she then paid a visit as a miracle doctor, taking her performance of manipulation to the utmost extreme.
Is the fourth prince Xiao Jue secretly helping her because he can’t forget their old love, or does he have another agenda? As the courtesan’s veil is lifted layer by layer and the blade of revenge cuts through the court’s fog, who will make it out of this game, which began in the pleasure quarter and ends in blood, unscathed…
