Ten years ago, the Marquis of Zhenbei's household was wiped out overnight. Only one orphaned girl escaped, carrying a blood-jade pendant.
Ten years later, she entered the capital under an assumed name, carefully maneuvering under her enemies' noses.
Until one night in an alley, Wen Yuyan, a Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, stood before her with his sword drawn. His bloodstained official robes brushed against her trembling fingertips.
"Who are you, really?" His gaze was sharp as a blade.
"Someone who will make the truth known, sooner or later." She shed her disguise, fire blazing in her eyes.
After a long silence, he suddenly placed a broken peachwood hairpin in her palm.
"How fitting. The truth is what I've been waiting for, too."
But when secret files from the imperial palace came to light, he turned out to be the prince with the least legitimate claim to the throne.
A political storm swept through the court. Clutching her father's blood-written testimony, she confronted him:
"What if the person who framed my Yun family back then was one of your own blood relatives?"
He wiped the blood from the corner of her lips and carved a path through the deadly schemes of power.
"Then I'll overthrow the throne and restore your innocence for all time."
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"If I choose the empire, will you hate me?"
"No. I'll put an end to everything with my own hands, then forget you."
"And what if I choose you?"
"..."
"Jinshu, this throne is too cold." He smiled as he took her sword-wielding hand and pressed it to his heart. "Why don't you sit beside me?"
Theme: Clear her father's name and bring justice to his wrongful conviction.
