You Were Hired as a Court Musician, So Why Did You Tear Through the Regent's Palace?

Everyone in the capital knew that Prince Regent Xiao Jingyan held power over the court and used ruthless methods. He was the “treacherous minister” whose name struck fear into people’s hearts.

Shen Qingqiu, the orphaned daughter of the Shen family, was a frail and helpless cousin living under someone else’s roof.

When they first met, he was the hunter high above, while she was a caged bird awaiting slaughter.

He suspected her identity was false and set traps at every turn to test her. She hated his overwhelming power and secretly kept her blade sharp.

Until the night of the palace coup, when she took a fatal sword strike for him and he slaughtered every enemy in the city for her.

The masks shattered, and the truth came to light:

She was “Shadow Seven,” a top assassin feared throughout the martial world, bearing the blood feud of her family’s destruction and determined to uncover the truth behind the Shen family’s alleged treason.

He was a lone courtier who had endured humiliation, bearing the infamy of patricide so he could purge the corrupt clans and restore justice to the realm.

“Shen Qingqiu, this court is a vast cage. We’re both trapped beasts.”

“Xiao Jingyan, if this is a cage, then I’ll help you tear it apart.”

From using each other to fighting side by side, from suspicion and wariness to risking their lives for one another.

As the schemes of the imperial court and the great clans were gradually exposed, love and hatred became entangled in bloodshed.

He thought he was luring her into a trap, calculating every move she made.

He had no idea that from the moment their eyes first met and his heart stirred, he had already willingly fallen into her gentle trap, with no hope of escape.