After her father died defending a border city, he received no commendation. Instead, he was accused of opening the gates to the enemy. Before his body was even cold, his entire family was condemned.
Only she survived, saved at the cost of their lives by her father’s former subordinates.
From that day on, she remembered one name: Pei Ji.
He was ordered to investigate the city’s fall, and he personally confirmed that her father had colluded with the enemy. A general who had defended a lone city to the death became a traitor reviled by all.
She changed her name and married Pei Ji’s most trusted aide.
It took her three whole years to finally make her way to his side.
Later, her husband was ordered out of the capital. He disappeared thousands of miles away, leaving no body behind. All that came back were a few bloodstained scraps of cloth and a jade pendant.
Everyone said he was dead.
On the day of the funeral, Pei Ji came in person to pay his respects.
Across the funeral hall, draped in pale mourning banners, he saw her kneeling before the coffin for the first time.
From that moment on, he began to harbor feelings he should never have had.
He pressed her at every turn, ruined her reputation, cut off her escape routes, and even forced her to break with her late husband’s family, all so he could claim his subordinate’s widow for himself.
Theme: The truth deserves to be seen.
