When they first met, he was the legitimate grandson of the young Prince Beiting, and she was his nominal concubine.
Contempt, resistance, teasing... He hated everything about this woman of similar age to himself.
The undercurrent of the struggle for the throne of the Beiting Palace, the treacherous military power change in Xiguan, conspiracy and calculation, cruelty and betrayal tied the two tit-for-tat people together.