A stunning princess with a quiet air of fatalism VS the gentle, devious greatest diplomat in the land
Adopted-sibling romance | Stealing another man's wife | Unrequited love becomes mutual
Sang Rouzhi finally married the man she had cherished since her youth, her beloved moonlight.
But the one who was supposed to marry him was her twin sister.
She carefully concealed her identity, waiting for the chance to die alongside the ruler who had destroyed her homeland.
She was ready to die, and set out to do what would surely kill her.
Until she met Si Feng, whom she had not seen in three years.
Si Feng was her elder brother, and also her sworn enemy.
Though she and her sister were twins, he favored her sister, and deliberately ruined Rouzhi's betrothal to the man she loved.
Before explaining himself, he left their homeland and did not return for three years.
Now, the man whose name was renowned across the nations had appeared at her wedding banquet.
He was the ruler's retainer, and the matchmaker who had brought them together.
They recognized each other under their new identities, never imagining they would become so entangled in this way.
He impersonated the ruler and slipped into her room one night.
After that night, they became secret lovers, hidden from the world.
By day, they treated each other with the respect due to siblings;
by night, they held each other beneath the bed curtains.
Sang Rouzhi dug her nails into the scabbed scars on his back.
So her elder brother had loved her sister this deeply all along.
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After three years of traveling, Si Feng finally earned the title of greatest diplomat in the land.
The day his wish came true was also the day his homeland fell.
Si Feng infiltrated the enemy nation and laid a plan that required the princess's help to eliminate the enemy ruler.
He knew the enemy ruler was the man Sang Rouzhi had loved in her youth, so he could only arrange for her twin sister to marry into the enemy nation.
He had never expected that the bride would be his Rouzhi after all.
For the sake of his greater plan, Si Feng warned himself that a lack of patience would ruin everything.
Whenever Rouzhi was humiliated, however, he could never stop himself from stepping in to defend her.
Facing a hundred opponents alone was Si Feng's forte. In the end, he won a grateful glance from Rouzhi with nothing but his sharp tongue and clever arguments.
Still unsatisfied, he devised another scheme and slipped into her room one night.
At last, he got his wish: by day, he was her brother; by night, her husband.
As the candle flame died, he covered her eyes, and they wordlessly understood each other.
Si Feng held close the younger sister he had kept in his heart for five long years.
Why did she still love so deeply the man who had mistreated her?
Reading Guide:
Both leads have only ever been with each other. Set in an imaginary world inspired by the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.
Theme: Survive adversity, and find hope when all seems lost.
