The imperial palace has an unspoken secret: the Fourth Prince is a madman, and the Seventh Prince is a fool.
No one knows what filthy looks that aloof, proud Fourth Brother gives his nominal younger brother every night.
Even fewer know that the Seventh Prince, who follows Fourth Brother around all day with a carefree grin, is actually the orphaned son of a military family. His mother sent him into the palace at the cost of her life, all to keep him alive.
In this man-eating imperial city, they depend on each other while secretly weaving their own webs, intent on bringing down the eunuchs' regime.
Until Ji Yue leads an army into battle, and the powerful young eunuch smiles as he goes to his death: "I love you, so whoever you want to kill, I'll clear the way for you."
Until Ji Yang ascends the throne, and Ji Yue presents him with a resolute declaration of war: "I'll go conquer the realm. You stay and protect it."
Ji Yang drugs and imprisons him, thinking he can lock this untamed eagle to the imperial bed.
But Ji Yue still leaves.
In the end, all Ji Yang receives is a letter full of lies: "I'm tired of the palace, and I'm tired of you. I've met the love of my life. I'll marry her and have children. We will never see each other again."
Ji Yang flies into a rage and immediately holds a grand selection, marrying every beauty in the land. He will use this vast realm to erase that person's traces once and for all.
But he does not know that the moment Ji Yue wrote that letter, snow was falling heavily at the border, and Ji Yue's heart had already stopped forever on the road to battle.
He loved him all his life, yet loved him all his life in the cruelest way.
Theme: Love concealed in lies, devotion hidden amid the flames of war.
