[Top: A gentle flower, despairing and weary of the world x Bottom: A resilient little grass, nourished by hardship]
[Jade-like beauty of a top x Quirky beggar of a bottom]
Xian Qi endured the fall of his country and the destruction of his family in his youth. After years of patience and lying low, he finally reclaimed the throne of Qingzhao for the Xian clan, only to find Qingzhao caught in the dangerous predicament of becoming a pawn in the power struggles of great nations.
Now Qingzhao is beset by internal and external crises, and its people are in dire straits. Yet Xian Wu, the regent whom Xian Qi raised to the pinnacle of power, has not only failed to protect the realm, but has committed a series of cruel, violent acts that have brought disaster upon the nation and its people.
Xian Qi blames himself for failing to guide his younger brother properly. He plans to take all the blame for Xian Wu’s actions and pay for them with his life, hoping to preserve Xian Wu’s good name and whatever remains of his conscience.
But at just that moment, a blade of grass sprouting from a crack in the stone ruins his plans and colors the boundless emptiness in his heart.
*
Yang Yiku is just one insignificant child among the many vagrants in the outer city of Xige. He lives on Fulai Mountain, where landslides could strike at any moment.
His twin sister, adopted by Lord Lu, is the only person Yang Yiku cares about.
So after his sister dies, he has to avenge her.
Someone tells him that his sister was killed by the Qingji Court, whose strategist is the beautiful tactician Xian Qi, cherished by the regent.
“Beautiful tactician? I’ll turn you into a skeleton tactician!”
He prepares to assassinate Xian Qi, but things take a strange turn: he tries to kill Xian Qi, and ends up saving him instead.
After they accidentally swallow two Matchmaker Beads, the two of them are in unbearable pain whenever they are more than ten zhang apart. What’s more, the Host of the yang bead has a strange physical reaction whenever he touches the Host of the yin bead...
As a result, Yang Yiku has no choice but to take the assumed name A Gua and stay by Xian Qi’s side as his attendant.
He thinks that once he finds the antidote and neutralizes the Matchmaker Beads, he can leave Xian Qi and return to a normal life. Little does he know that he has already been swept into a web of intrigue tied to the survival of their country, and the answer lies within his own body.
*
“If it weren’t for the Matchmaker Beads, would you still treat me this way?”
“Silly A Gua, I took the antidote for the Matchmaker Beads a long time ago.”
Theme: Plan carefully before you act. Know when to stop, and you will gain something.
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