Yun Su is the youngest daughter of a marquis's household. With snowy skin, red lips, and dazzling beauty, she's a celebrated young lady in the capital.
Yet this heaven-blessed beauty has had her engagement broken off three times.
At last, she can't take it anymore and angrily goes to see Ji Yu, a beautiful, pale boy with a cold aura who is nonetheless obedient and well-behaved.
"Tell me, did you have something to do with this?"
The boy lowers his eyes. "No."
As if!
That night, she clearly saw him enter her room and steal a kiss while she slept.
From then on, Yun Su never showed the boy a kind expression.
Two years later, a coup brings a young emperor to the throne, and a handsome young regent seizes sole control, rising to a position above all others.
After a banquet, Yun Su is once again summoned to Chonghua Hall.
As soon as the heavy doors shut, a man in a black robe embroidered with dark gold pins her against the door, his eyes red.
Yun Su clutches her skirt with both hands, her delicate shoulders trembling.
She asks through her tears, "When will you finally let me go?"
Ji Yu's grip turns rough, and so does his voice.
"You're the one who came after me first."
"Don't you like playing games? I'll play with you until you've had enough!"
Yun Su knows Ji Yu hates her, so she stages her own death in a fire, hoping her death will finally put an end to his hatred and let her escape his clutches and start a new life.
She doesn't know that on the day after the fire, the mighty regent crawls on the ground. Though his hands are already torn and bloody, he keeps stubbornly clawing through the rubble, piece by piece.
Ji Yu hates Yun Su for playing with him, yet he can't help being drawn to her.
His mind was too immature. His greed went too far.
He is guilty.
He deserves to die.
Willful, spoiled young lady x quiet, cold illegitimate son
Sweet and secretly mischievous x willingly toyed with and deceived
Theme: True love conquers all
