> On the day I caught my fiance cheating, the whole capital waited to laugh at me.
> Instead, I threw down the broken engagement letter and reclaimed every last bit of my dowry.
> Then the powerful man who ruled the court watched me from a private room upstairs and said, "Interesting."
> Later, he asked me, "Be my wife. In name only. Once it's done, we'll divorce."
> I agreed. I thought it was a deal where we each got what we wanted.
> Until the day he tore open his shirt, exposing the terrible old scars covering his back, and asked hoarsely:
> "Song Jinse, you're Fourth Master Song of the Northern Frontier... So does the young commander of the Zhenbei Army qualify to be your pawn?"
> It turned out he had known who I was from the very beginning.
> It turned out the Empress Dowager I wanted revenge on was also the one who killed his hundred thousand brothers-in-arms.
> From contract to true love, from pawn to the one weakness he could not bear to lose.
> He said, "For the rest of my life, I'll stand guard for you alone."
