[No transmigration, no rebirth, no special protagonist aura. Everyone is an ordinary person, and fights make you bleed!! Pure historical fiction + high-IQ political intrigue]
[Cool, reserved hero × spirited heroine]
[This story is set in an imaginary dynasty, and none of the characters are based on real people.]
[What does it feel like to run away from your wedding and end up right under your intended's nose?]
The heroine is betrothed by imperial decree to the hero, a man rumored to be cold-blooded and cruel. Unwilling to throw her life away, she climbs over the wall and flees her home under cover of night.
By a twist of fate, she ends up right beside the hero and is wounded by an arrow. He grips her by the throat and says, “Help me find out where this arrow came from, and I'll spare your life.”
The heroine tries to escape several times, but is caught and brought back every time. Eventually, she gives up resisting: “Fine! I'll investigate! Once we're done, I'm leaving!”
As they investigate, she discovers that the hero isn't at all like the rumors say, and finds herself drawn to him without even realizing it.
As the truth comes to light, a more deeply hidden plot emerges, one that even involves an old case from the Eastern Palace twenty years ago...
[It's easy to paint a tiger's skin, but hard to capture its bones; you may know someone's face, but not their heart.]
With upheaval following upheaval and factions at court jostling for power, a silent contest begins.
