Gu Yi had been renowned for his good looks since childhood. Though a little slender, he had perfectly formed features and deep-set eyes, and was exceptionally handsome. When he smiled, it was like a hundred flowers bursting into bloom in a riot of colors; when still, he was like flowing clouds and water, with the subtle fragrance of winter plum blossoms. He had a charm all his own, and was famed as the foremost gentleman of Changxia.
Gu Yi was born into the Canglong Marquis family, the foremost among the Four Marquis houses, and was also Changxia's foremost gentleman. What a fortunate life he had. Yet even someone so lucky had been somewhat melancholy from childhood, with a sorrow between his brows that never seemed to fade.
He and Hua Rui, the youngest daughter of the Flower Clan, had been childhood sweethearts, in love with each other. But by chance, he became bound in life and death to Sise, the Snow Clan's female heir. Her father forcibly made Gu Yi his son-in-law, and not only did Gu Yi lose the soulmate fate had chosen for him, he also triggered a war among Changxia's tribes and became entangled in a tangled romance of love and hatred with the Crown Prince of the royal clan.
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