I am Ji Xuanxing, daughter of Prince Chu of the fallen dynasty. After fleeing into exile, I was adopted as a daughter by Wei Yong, a powerful minister of the current dynasty, and gradually fell in love with him. I thought the rest of my life would be peaceful, but the real culprit behind my family’s slaughter now sits enthroned as prime minister, and the emperor’s new consort looks exactly like me. Is the man at my side in league with them? The feud between our countries, my family’s blood debt, and the ties of love are knotted into an inescapable snarl. In the end, whose throat will my sword point toward?
