The Rose Principle: Follow Your Heart

When Gu Cheng first saw Lan Qing, he thought the beauty was the "concubine" his father had married.

The "concubine," Lan Qing, turned around and wiped out Gu Cheng's entire family, leaving only him alive.

When Gu Cheng wanted nothing more than to tear him to pieces, Lan Qing watched coldly. "Your father slaughtered my family first. I'm only letting you experience a little of what I suffered."

Lan Qing kept him captive, broke him in, and trained him...

Until he became the sharpest hound and blade at the side of Lan Qing, the ruthless head of the Imperial Governance Bureau.

The hound, Gu Cheng, never stopped thinking about assassinating his master, Lan Qing...

His political enemies took advantage of that desire. During the resolution of a case, Gu Cheng finally dealt Lan Qing a grave blow.

At the same time, Gu Cheng's identity as a former rebel was exposed, leaving him no choice but to flee for his life.

Lan Qing dragged his failing body all the way to the great hall, begging the emperor to spare Gu Cheng.

Because Gu Cheng had saved his life once, when he was young;

And because Lan Qing had already defied the imperial decree by hiding the son of a rebel. He was willing to pay for it with his life if that meant setting Gu Cheng free.

The emperor's decree: Execute Lan Qing for hiding a rebel at Qingmen.

Only now did Gu Cheng understand that Lan Qing had risked defying the imperial decree and harboring a traitor solely to protect him.

He then stormed the execution grounds at Qingmen and took Lan Qing away from the capital.

But the hound's claws were sharp, and he knew Lan Qing all too well. Lan Qing's grave wounds would not heal.

From the lofty head of the Imperial Governance Bureau to a fugitive suspect barely clinging to life, Gu Cheng was filled with guilt and wanted to make amends, but it was already too late.

He heard that a reclusive master possessed a miraculous medicine that could cure heart ailments... So Gu Cheng took Lan Qing to seek it.

Roses grow thorns, and falling in love is pointless; the hound's claws are sharp, but he plucks the thorns and brings the flower home.

The rose's creed: Follow your heart, and put your feelings first...

Theme: Follow your heart, and put your feelings first