The royal orphan Ji Mingyue assumed the name Gu Yunshu and spent twenty years biding her time, hiding in the capital as a merchant's daughter.
By day, she was the gentle, capable owner of a rouge shop. By night, she was the heir to a notorious martial-world assassin. In secret, she was also the sole surviving descendant of the former crown prince.
To get closer to the truth, she married into a general's household, planning to use him and leave. But the Northern Defender General, rumored to be cold and merciless, turned out to be a devoted husband who doted on his wife.
When business rivals came to provoke her, he shielded her with commanding force: "Whatever she does, I do too."
When powerful courtiers pressured and interrogated her, he said only, "I believe her."
As her three identities fell away one by one, she stood in the Golden Throne Hall and looked back at the man willing to give everything up for her.
"Shen Qinglan, do you regret marrying me?"
"Never in this life. I'll marry you again in the next."
