In the End, I Traded the Bright Moon for the Rivers and Mountains

Her name is Shu Juan, the daughter of a general and the child of the Grand Princess.

Her father guards the northern frontier, leaving her in the capital. In name, it is a family reunion; in truth, she is a hostage. The political situation is turbulent, the young new Emperor sits on the throne, and Regent Xie Yanzhu has only just taken power.

She has just one task: keep watch on that hostage prince from Nansu.

Jiang Che. A pawn sent by a defeated nation, and, according to rumor, the only prince of Nansu. He has been settled in the Quiet Garden outside the capital. He never leaves, spending his days drinking tea and reading, never saying more than a word.

Every day, she brings him pastries and stories from the outside world, making cautious attempts to sound him out

He accepts everything she brings but never looks up.

Shu Juan thinks he will remain silent forever.

Until a banquet at the palace, when a cup of poisoned wine leaves the hall in chaos.

The Regent collapses, his life hanging in the balance. Someone points at him. “It was him!”

As they drag him away, he finally looks at her.

There is nothing in his gaze.

But she knows someone is playing a very big game.

And she has already been drawn into it.

[The hostage prince or the regent × the general's daughter?]