The Stirring of Spring

Song Huai, the cool and restrained commander of the Left Directorate, × Xie Shuyue, a gentle yet resilient daughter of a distinguished family.

In the chaotic Great Liang, war rages across the land, a tyrant rules from the throne, and loyal officials suffer false accusations.

The head of the Xie family is imprisoned and takes his own life, leaving the orphaned Xie Shuyue trapped deep within the imperial palace, reduced to a pawn in a power struggle.

On one side is Prince Qi, Xiao Zaihan, who manipulates her as a pawn while plotting at every turn. On the other is Song Huai, a battle-hardened minister who would spill blood to protect her, his devotion unwavering.

On the night of the palace coup, she hides a blade in her sleeve and walks into danger; in the grand Golden Hall, he rides alone into the palace to save her.

Imprisonment, separation, forced marriage, and a seemingly inescapable fate.

They fall in love amid struggles for imperial power and stay by each other’s side through the fires of a troubled age.

There is also the dazzlingly gifted Chancellor Shen Yanle, who is buried in a desolate grave for the sake of an unrequited love; a noblewoman from Jiangnan and a young man from a military family, whose promise ends in heartbreak...

Three love stories, two painful regrets, and one reunion destined by fate.

When the war smoke finally clears and the realm is restored, she will at last be vindicated and reunited with her family, while he waits by her side, promising her a wedding procession stretching ten miles and a lifetime together.

The imperial throne is cold, the land vast and distant, but you alone are the one place I can call home...