Shen Qingsui, the legitimate daughter of a military family, helped the Third Prince, Xiao Heng, defeat his rivals and claim the throne. In return, she was accused of treason, and her entire clan was sentenced to death by a thousand cuts.
Reborn, she plots her every move and vows to make them pay in blood. But to her surprise, her enemy is the one who reaches out with an offer of friendship.
Xiao Heng tells her that someone else was behind the murder of her entire family.
Shen Qingsui sneers, convinced he’s simply repeating his old tricks.
But as they protect each other through one brush with death after another and fragments of memory resurface, she realizes that behind the shocking injustice of her previous life lies a secret threatening the lives of tens of thousands in the capital.
A remnant of the previous dynasty stirs up turmoil, while two people reborn find their love and hatred tangled together.
As the truth is laid bare, will they turn their blades on each other, or stand side by side to break the deadly trap of fate?
