[Poison doctor and mute heroine + a life as fragile as paper + cold on the outside, gentle within + clear-eyed surrender + healing others with medicine + killing enemies with poison]
I am Shengsheng, also known as Gu Shengsheng.
Abandoned in the snow as a baby, a mute girl with a poisonous constitution,
I was born with an incurable poison in my body and destined not to live past twenty-five.
I studied medicine deep in the mountains, tasted every herb, used poison to sustain my body, and medicine to prolong my life.
I never asked for wealth or glory, only one more day alive.
An old poison, a life, and a palace that devours those within it.
When the mystery of Huamanlou stirred the entire court, I entered the dangerous game and risked my life as a physician to find an antidote.
Then I met him: Xiao Jingchen, the Regent who held all power in his hands, cold-faced and bloodthirsty.
We investigated the case side by side, each step fraught with danger, and feelings quietly took root.
He was the only light in the darkness of my remaining years, and the calamity I dared not touch.
I thought I was searching for the medicinal ingredient that would save my life.
I never expected to uncover a blood-soaked past, a fate that would bring a kingdom to ruin, and a shocking secret buried for years.
The kindhearted Empress Dowager was the mastermind closing in at every turn.
The gentle, harmless emperor would eventually stain the palace with blood in his pursuit of power.
Every person I had ever loved wanted me dead.
I wielded medicine and poison like blades, exposing the plots and killing my enemies.
He used imperial power as a shield, weathering every storm to keep me safe for life.
They say that one glance from Gu can topple a city.
But when I looked at him once, I fell in love.
When I looked again, I paid with half my life and was left with nothing but sorrow.
Sheng's voice shakes Jing. Sheng returns to an old dream.
One glance captivates a city; the next brings only sorrow.
--He kept me safe all my life, yet I dared not grow old by his side.
--I will not live past twenty-five, and he is the only person in this life I cannot bear to leave.
