She married him to kill him.
He married her to stay alive.
A poisoned needle, half a broken jade pendant, two imperial edicts, three palace coups.
A bloody massacre from twenty years ago, and the hearts of people twenty years later.
From blizzards on the frontier to the palaces of the capital, from danger lurking on every side to entrusting each other with their lives.
She is Shen Zhaoxue, a pawn of Southern Chu, the Princess Consort of Prince Jing, and his last living blood relative in the world.
He is Xiao Jin, an idle prince of Northern Yan, a survivor of the former dynasty, and the only cure for her fate.
When every conspiracy is laid bare before the world, can they return to that first night...
The girl with cold hands, and the boy who pretended to be a fool?
