In the spring of the seventeenth year of Jiayuan, undercurrents surged in Chang'an City.
Jiang Chengzhou, a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was born in a poor family but held a high official position. He was famous for his cold face and iron fist, and was known as "Jade Faced Yama". He was charged with a secret mission and kept pace with the whirlpool of power and intrigue. However, after a startling glance at Shangguan Mansion, his heart was filled with slight waves.
Shangguan Qi, the daughter of the Grand Tutor, is smart and quick-witted by nature, hates red tape, and longs for the true love of a pair for the rest of her life. She had a vague reverie about the "Chengzhou" she had never met before because of the sentence "The lingering clouds dispersed into silk, and the Chengjiang River was as quiet as a train". Unexpectedly, she turned out to be the cold-faced waiter described by her grandfather.
A street fight and a seemingly accidental rescue quietly connected the fate of the two people. He hid the magnolia falling from her temples in his sleeve, and the strokes of his name were traced under her lamp. The situation in the court is treacherous, and the heavy responsibility of the family and country rests on his shoulders. The rationality of the cold-faced powerful minister and the throbbing of the gentle daughter collide in a poetic fate.
When scheming in power meets sincerity, and the old court case involves two families with dusty pasts, can they clear away the fog and discern each other's sincerity? And who can write whose name at the end of the story?
Purpose: The struggle between personal choice and destiny: under the shackles of established identities (rich family daughter, poor family official) and external pressures (family responsibilities, court intrigues), how can two souls break away from the shackles of fate by relying on their own choices, and become co-writers of each other's stories instead of being written.
This is a story about two sober souls who, in a world full of calculations, choose each other based on their hearts and jointly regain the right to write life.