A song of misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, half a lifetime of love and hate turned into sorrow.
She is Shen Qingci, an embroiderer from Jiangnan. A lost "Yunxia Brocade" made her famous all over the world, but also brought about a destined disaster.
He is Xiao Jing, the eldest son of the Prince of Zhenbei. He was ordered by the emperor to investigate the remnants of the previous dynasty, but in the misty alleys, he had feelings that he shouldn't have.
An encounter that began with deception, and an involuntary imperial edict sent her to his sedan chair.
Weeping under the red candle on their wedding night, she saw clearly the struggle and concealment in the eyes of the person next to her, and she also felt the hot murderous intention under the cold token.
When the secret order "eliminate the mother and leave the son" comes, the flesh and blood in the belly becomes a talisman for death. She drank the medicine of suspended animation and passed away in the light of the sky.
After three years of hibernation, she transformed into the mysterious "Ms. Su" in the capital, and returned to the center of the whirlpool of power with the sword of beautiful fragrant clouds.
When we met again, he was the investigating officer who was pressing hard, and she was the master of Jinxiu Fang who looked coldly at her. Temptations, confrontations, old wounds torn, but under the shadow of imperial power, they were forced to become accomplices for a short period of time.
When the dusty blood edict revealed a shocking conspiracy, and when the fire in the imperial mausoleum burned away all the past grudges, they realized that the deception and harm, pursuit and escape along the way were just two involuntary pawns in a chess game. It turns out that the deepest disappointment hides the most silent protection; only after the most decisive farewell can we be qualified to talk about the rest of our lives.
From the beautiful south of the Yangtze River to the bloody night in the palace, from suspended animation and nirvana to reaching the same destination through different paths.
This is a chess game with sincerity as the bet, and this is a love rewritten in brokenness.
"It's hard to write a brocade book to express the longing for love" - a long letter filled with love, hate and obsession, and finally tenderly signed by the years.
