On the day Jiang Lingyue of the Great Rong Empire comes of age, Regent Jiang Jiuyuan gives her two choices:
Remain his caged bird forever.
Or take up a sword and become the one who digs his grave.
He is both the prime suspect in her family's murder and her only support, her very nightmare.
Were ten years of careful instruction and cold control meant to honor a memory, or does he have another motive?
Jiang Lingyue cannot tell whether the unfathomable darkness in his eyes is a yearning for the late Empress, or a brand-new prison built for her.
When Jiang Lingyue finally grips the sword pointed at him, Jiang Jiuyuan smiles and asks a question that shatters her heart:
“Lingyue, do you want your Imperial Uncle to love you, or to love you more?”
[Possessive romance + older man + forbidden love + equally matched leads + princess x regent + coming-of-age romance + mutually devoted leads + obsessive male lead + groveling for forgiveness]
Good, good, good