Snow from the Old Dynasty

Beneath the glittering feasts of the capital, undercurrents churn. Amid the wind and snow, the lives of displaced people on the frontier are worth no more than grass. Some guard the dying lights of the Central Plains; others conceal their edge on the steppe. Their allegiances divide them, and a moment of love becomes their undoing. They lay bare their names and confess their hearts, blades drawn against one another, only to realize that the human heart is the one thing that can never be tamed.

Snow falls over the fallen dynasty, and the old ministers do not return.

Yet some burning warmth always melts the icy snow.

He says, "Scars can grow new flesh. Every inch of me belongs to you."

He says, "Yun Qi, do you still want me?"

With the realm as their game board and their loyalties at odds, nothing is harder to tame than the love they have yet to confess.

Steppe-raised, wolfish mixed-blood top × cool and aloof beauty of a powerful minister, the bottom

Strong leads / court intrigue / redemption / fated love / rekindled romance

Theme: Devotion to country and home, finding a way through troubled times