Behind the splendor of the prosperous capital, everyone is playing a part.
One betrothal, two sets of shackles.
The Yang family wants to call off an arranged marriage, but the Su family is determined to latch on to them. To protect the family's reputation and interests, Su Yunqing, the Su family's legitimate daughter, is pushed into a wedding sedan to take her elder sister's place and marry the man originally promised to her: the sixth son of the Yang family. But her husband is Yang Yao, the seventh son, a notorious wastrel known throughout Chang'an.
One hides their true self, while danger lurks at every turn.
Everyone thinks Su Yunqing has married a hopeless good-for-nothing, while Yang Yao has taken a puppet bride eager to climb the social ladder. But they don't know that...
In her boudoir, Su Yunqing has already been quietly selling off her family's land and keeping a mysterious ledger. Marrying into the Yang household isn't surrender; it's a plunge into the tiger's den to find a way for herself and her family to survive.
Beneath the mask of a man who has spent years drowning himself in wine and sensual pleasures lies a deep suspicion about the death of his sixth brother, along with a sharpness kept carefully in reserve. A bloodstained Turkic iron token is his only clue as he investigates the truth alone.
When one disguise meets another, and schemes pile atop schemes...
In the depths of the household, the two are together day and night, testing each other and glimpsing a flash of clarity in the other's eyes amid countless seemingly absurd everyday moments. Family power struggles, undercurrents at court, and mysteries along the border soon engulf them. The immense shadow behind the sixth son's death gradually looms over all of Chang'an.
Can they see through each other's hearts in a world full of lies? And amid perilous political machinations, can they join hands to uncover the bloody truth and fight their way to survival for themselves and the people they love?
This is a story about what is “hidden” and what is “revealed,” what is “true” and what is “false.”
Beneath the splendor of the prosperous Tang dynasty, watch two “performers” bring their own roles to life and turn the whole game upside down.
