Xie Haitang is the legitimate daughter of a duke's family, born into a powerful and illustrious house. Countless prominent families in Xuanjing have sought her hand in marriage, but many have been deterred by her haughty nature.
Only one man managed to find his way into Xie Haitang's eyes by every means possible: Meng Tongyou, the most celebrated handsome man in Xuanjing.
In her previous life, Meng Tongyou was a scholar from an ordinary gentry family. Xie Haitang rejected him for being dull and lowborn.
In this life, Meng Tongyou has become the deputy leader of the most powerful organization in the martial world, all to save the heroine from the tragedy of her previous life.
Does Meng Tongyou resent being rejected by Xie Haitang?
He doesn't. He just feels a little wronged.
The enemy nation of Xilu lies in wait, and the threat of national destruction looms over everything.
Can the martial sects led by Meng Tongyou help Xie Haitang root out the spies hidden deep within the imperial court?
And can Xie Haitang and the men under her former husband, the crown prince who brought about her tragedy in her previous life, make it through unharmed?
Who is the leader of the spies in the court?
"Do you love me or not?"
Faced with this question, Xie Haitang can never give him an answer.
What she wants to see is Meng Tongyou's tangible accomplishments, not some uncertain affection.
She rejected him in her previous life, and uses him in this one.
He does so willingly.
In less than a year, Xie Haitang kills her former husband, the crown prince, with her own hands and takes the throne as empress.
And Meng Tongyou, whom she once called dull and lowborn, now stands above all others.
Theme: Who is the spy?
