It is said that Ouyang Ziruo, the Protector General of the Qing Dynasty, had a beloved who had been dead for seven years.
For three generations, the Shangguan family of the imperial capital had served the court with unwavering devotion. The ancestors and fathers of the family had been chancellors under the previous dynasty, while Shangguan Yanchen was now an official of the court.
When they first met, Ouyang Ziruo mistook Shangguan Yanchen for the beloved he had lost. Thus began the rise and fall of a fateful entanglement.
