On her wedding night, Shen Jingzhi was sent by her own birth family to the enemy kingdom in a bridal sedan chair.
She was the least favored concubine-born daughter in Great Yin, and a spy planted as a pawn with the Twin Life Gu.
If her identity was exposed, she would face a thousand deaths by a thousand cuts.
Xiao Handu, Crown Prince of Beiyuan, was cold-blooded, ruthless, and accustomed to killing. He had long since seen through her reason for coming.
He did not expose her or let his intentions show. Instead, he kept her by his side and tested her at every turn.
One was ordered to bring down a kingdom. The other turned the scheme against her.
By day, they played devoted spouses. By night, they held blades to each other.
She relied on her spycraft to survive the deadly traps of the imperial palace.
He used devotion as bait, drawing her step by step into the whirlpool of political intrigue.
Until, at last...
The Twin Life Gu began to resonate between them, sharing pain and binding their lives together.
The first time she took an arrow for him, Xiao Handu completely lost control.
But on the night he slaughtered the rebel faction, he saw with his own eyes as she sent a map of Beiyuan’s border defenses out of the palace with her own hands.
Ten thousand cavalry surrounded the city beneath its towers.
With red-rimmed eyes, she said, “From the very beginning, I got close to you to destroy Beiyuan.”
Xiao Handu’s hand trembled on his sword. “Shen Jingzhi, did you ever truly love me, even for a single moment?”
