When her family was on the verge of ruin, Song Wanyue knelt before the sedan of the gentle, jade-like Prince Regent, begging for a chance to live.
A hand wrapped in black sandalwood prayer beads reached out to help her up, offering her a life of wealth and splendor. In return, she had to become the most ruthless beauty-blade aimed at the Crown Prince.
The Crown Prince was tyrannical and cruel, wielding his power with an iron fist.
How could a delicate beauty like her possibly shoulder such a heavy responsibility?
Uneasy, Song Wanyue went undercover at the Crown Prince's side. She never expected that he would grant her every request without question, allowing her to successfully make him an enemy of everyone around him.
When the Prince Regent ascended the throne, however, he locked her away in an underground palace, keeping her like a canary in a cage.
He loved her and controlled her, yet kept her from ever seeing the light of day.
When she opened her eyes again, she was back at the moment her family faced certain ruin. Kneeling between two small sedan chairs, she bowed toward the Crown Prince.
The defiant Crown Prince's smile froze, shock hidden in his eyes.
The Prince Regent's handsome, gentle face cracked.
In this life, she chose the Crown Prince, and herself. She would grow by making use of her circumstances and plan a life that belonged to her alone.
Once the canary became clear-eyed and independent, the Prince Regent, false in his gentleness and truly obsessive, went mad.
The Crown Prince's personality was flawed. He seemed cold and heartless, but he had a secret...
He kept a small portrait of a girl tucked in his sleeve, treasuring it carefully at all times.
She was the childhood friend he dreamed of every day and night.
She had pulled him out of the mud, shared half her roast rabbit with him on a cold night, and taken a blade meant for him...
Theme: Seeing a glimmer of light in the dark, never forgetting it for a lifetime
