Zhaoning died.
She watched her parents being buried in the flames with her own eyes, and her personal maid put on princess clothes for her and rushed into the flames. From then on, there was no more Gu Zhao in the world.
Three years later, there was a Hidden Rain Pavilion in the capital city of Yunze. She dealt with the powerful and the powerful with ease. Some people came for her, some wanted to imprison her in their hands, some used her as a pawn, and some treated her sincerely.
The lanterns in the Hidden Rain Pavilion flicker on and off, guests come and go. She stood behind the screen wall, looking at the faces of those people, and suddenly remembered the time when she was fifteen - the fire was so big.
And all her life, she seemed to have been running away from that fire.
Intent: Romance