"The fragrance hidden in the ashes will lure you into the game."
In the Dayan Dynasty, the incense road was respected. The four major incense-making families respect women, and when a man is married, his mother's surname will be taken by blood. Xie Qingyan, the eldest daughter of the Xie family, was born with an extraordinary sense of smell. She can distinguish all the fragrances in the world, but she cannot distinguish the depth of people's hearts. Pei Zhaoxue, a Tanhualang who shocked the government and the public with a petition three years ago, was massacred because of his involvement in the palace incense case. He fell off a cliff and lost his memory and lived on the street.
She needs him to be a shield on her way to inheritance, and he needs the protection in her house to find out the truth about the family's destruction. A contract, everyone gets what they need. Little did they know, when the ashes destroyed the truth, what rose from the ashes was a love and hate obsession that could set a prairie fire on fire.
And in the shadows, between Xie Ying, the concubine of the Xie family, and the guard Xuan Ying of unknown origin, a forbidden love that began with exploitation, fell into desire, and finally was destroyed, is quietly etching the pillars of this century-old Xiang clan...
