He is the wrongfully disgraced legitimate son of a general’s household. After his betrothal is broken and his military authority stripped away, he falls from heaven’s favored child to a stray dog with nowhere to go.
She is the mad, ruthless eldest princess whom the world fears. She wields power and hides a sharp edge behind her eyes, yet when he is at his most wretched, she imprisons him in her princess’s residence.
He becomes her most secret lover, and also her sharpest blade.
She helps him clear his name and restore his family’s glory, as he tears apart his old romances and the wolves at court.
He helps her shed her viciousness and find peace, and together they protect this vast realm and its everyday joys.
From a contest of political maneuvering and mutual probing to a deep love that saves them both,
they stand shoulder to shoulder through storms and fall in love amid chaos.
At last, they leave behind all worldly trappings and welcome a peaceful, prosperous age:
He lays down his armor for her and becomes nothing more than a gentle husband.
She reins in her sharpness for him and gladly becomes a virtuous wife and loving mother.
Newly married, with children in their future,
these lovers, who have endured so much, finally find a lifelong home in each other’s eyes.
