He held the world in his grasp, yet could not keep her.
He played the part of the tender lover to perfection, yet could not fool himself.
She was the treasure he had personally cherished, and the ashes he had personally ground to dust.
To save Shen Qingyan, the woman he loved, Regent Xiao Xuan had no choice but to send her north to Beidi for a political marriage. But along the way, he fell for her in earnest. When Shen Qingyan learned the truth, she went from loving him deeply to despairing, from a solitary shadow in the northern lands to striking back against impossible odds. In the end, they overcame the blood feud between their countries and found redemption and fulfillment in one another.
