After the Shen family was destroyed, Shen Yuan, its legitimate daughter, took her deceased brother's name and entered the palace as a hostage. She only wanted to keep her identity hidden among the Imperial Guard, make it through three years safely, and then leave for the borderlands.
But then she met Xiao Jihan, the Regent.
The man who held power over the court, dark and obsessive, looked at her with a gaze that grew deeper and more unsettling by the day.
She thought her disguise was flawless, never realizing the hunter's net had already begun to close around her.
“You can fool the whole world, but you can't fool me.”
