Knowing Spring and Autumn: A Journey Through Wind and Snow

The realm is overturned and chaos rises. Only by understanding the rise and fall of the Spring and Autumn period can one know that the road ahead is covered in wind and snow.

Shen Qingyan was born into a scholarly family and grew up reading history. With the people in her heart, she once thought she could live peacefully in a quiet study. But turmoil suddenly erupted at court, and her family was falsely accused. In a single night, all their prosperity vanished. To protect the few surviving members of her clan, she shed the gentleness of her sheltered upbringing, hid herself amid the chaos, and moved among the various factions, struggling to survive amid the undercurrents.

Xiao Yanci joined the army as a youth, steeled with iron and proud to the core, and rode across the frozen frontier of the north. With the flames of war raging year after year, he commands a great army and bears the burden of pacifying the realm, caught in the vortex of imperial power struggles. They met briefly in the past and fell for each other at first sight, only to be torn apart by the times. A rumor and one misunderstanding after another, with no chance to explain, sent them down separate paths through the endless snow.

Years passed in the blink of an eye, but the realm remained in turmoil. At a frontier pass blanketed in snow, they met again.

By then, she was carrying out a secret mission, every step as precarious as walking on thin ice; he was defending the land, the hardships of the frontier unable to conceal the gloom in his eyes.

The realm comes first, love and loyalty second. On one side lies the burden of protecting the nation and its people; on the other, a feeling hidden for many years.

Court intrigue, enemies on every side, old grievances unresolved, and new complications arising. In troubled times, love is always a luxury.

They maneuver through a game of political power, opposing each other again and again, yet risking their lives to protect each other time and time again.

Only after witnessing dynasties rise and fall can one understand the greater meaning of history; crossing thousands of miles of frozen frontier, every step of the journey is beset by wind and snow.

Amid the tumult of a troubled age, can they break through layer upon layer of constraints, set aside the barriers between them, and find a place where they can stand side by side in this turbulent world?

Theme: Historical court intrigue