She is a concubine-born daughter sent to marry in another woman’s place. He is the Northern Frontier’s Grim Reaper, a man blamed for the deaths of three princess consorts. On their wedding night, she offers him a crossbow design in exchange for her life. From improving military weapons to overturning a wrongful court case, she helps the Empress Xiaozhen reclaim justice, and he offers her a wolf fang as a promise of the rest of his life. The wintersweet blossoms in the bamboo courtyard every year. She becomes the Great Liang dynasty’s first female armaments inspector, and the only hand he is willing to hold.
