No transmigration, no System, no golden finger. A pure historical romance about the growth of the male and female leads.
Xie Chenglan and Su Yueli’s meeting was a carefully planned scheme from the very beginning. After lying low for years, he finally got his chance.
At the time, he was a prince who was surrounded by scandal and out of favor with the emperor, while she was the legitimate daughter of a military family, largely unfamiliar with the intrigues of court.
Xie Chenglan made his move only after planning everything, using every advantage to advance step by step, as if patiently waiting for a lamb to walk into his trap.
Su Yueli found him as hard to read as a fog, and feared him from afar.
But when a sudden upheaval left her with no way out, Su Yueli finally sought out this inscrutable man of her own accord.
She would rely on his years of careful preparation to protect her family, while he would use the Su family's military power to claim the court. Their families would unite through marriage, forming an alliance and sharing their fortunes.
They met through schemes and traveled together out of mutual advantage.
But after facing the intrigues of court and weathering storm after storm side by side, how could he find a place for the sincere feelings he didn’t know how to express, or she for the love into which she had helplessly fallen...