A staged “death from illness” in the Forbidden City buys half a lifetime together in Jiangnan.
With their finery cast aside, Zhen Huan and Yunli, who has forsaken his riches, reunite amid the misty rains of Jiangnan.
Yet the emperor's suspicions have not faded, and secret agents follow them like shadows.
From the warmth of everyday life to pursuit by spies, from trials of life and death to a final reckoning, they pledge themselves to one another beneath the mountains and rivers, and rewrite the story of their love.
