On the wedding day, the phoenix crown turned into blood all over the ground.
Regent Xiao Yan led the imperial army to break into the Zhenguo palace and executed the entire Shen family for "collaboration with the enemy and treason." Shen Zhaoning fell from the clouds and was personally sent to prison by her mortal enemy.
He is her enemy. She hated him to the core.
But this man didn't do what she wanted - he wouldn't kill her, wouldn't let her go, kept her as the lowest slave, humiliated her in every possible way, and never left her.
Until she discovered that the walls of his secret room were covered with her portraits from ten years ago to now. Until she discovered that he came to the cell late at night just to confirm that she was still alive. Until she discovered that the man who destroyed her whole family with his own hands had a handkerchief hidden under her pillow that she had left behind when she rescued him.
"Shen Zhaoning, I saved your life, you can only die in my hands."
She thought this was the ultimate possession. She thought her only opponent was him.
Little did he know that a bigger conspiracy had already been woven into a dragnet - her concubine, her Prince Bai Yueguang, and even the Queen Mother, all regarded her as the most critical chess piece on the chessboard.
When all the truth came to light, she discovered that the real enemy was never the person standing on the opposite side, but those who wore gentle masks and handed poisoned wine with a smile.
And the man who pushed her into the abyss was already beyond redemption in order to protect her.
Love and hate, kindness and enmity, who owes more to whom, who can tell clearly?
He wanted her to live, so she insisted on living for him. Not only live, but also live more beautifully than anyone else, sit on top of this mortal enemy, and do whatever he wants.
