Everyone thought Xia Jiuyuan, daughter of the prime minister, would marry a young lord from a prestigious family, a match between equals who would live in perfect harmony.
No one expected her to marry Li Qingyan, a general who had clawed his way out of a mountain of corpses.
Even fewer expected that he had asked for this marriage himself, staking his military achievements as his bargaining chip and the imperial decree as his betrothal gift, then dragging her into the General's Mansion in front of the entire court.
"General, aren't you afraid I'll hate you for the rest of my life?"
"That's fine too," he said. "As long as I'm in your eyes."
Xia Jiuyuan is ice, and Li Qingyan is fire. The ice refuses to melt, and the fire refuses to die out.
Their marriage is a battlefield, the imperial court a chessboard, and the world their wager.
What she doesn't know is that behind this seemingly forced marriage lies a secret he has guarded for many years.
Theme: You are my one selfish desire.
