The haughty princess falls into the mire, while the lowly hostage she once “cast aside and killed” rises to become a king! Five years ago, Cui Yue drove a hairpin into Wulan Shuo's chest with her own hands. “You're nothing but a hostage. How dare you even dream of marrying me?”
She pushed him off a cliff, sent men to ambush the escort guards dispatched by Dayan, and severed every tie between them. Everyone knew the Princess of Yunlan as spoiled, arrogant, cold-hearted, and cruel. When they meet again, the boy of the past has become the Wolf King, and the once-proud princess is now a prisoner.
“Cui Yue!” He gripped her chin and snarled, “You owe me more than you can ever repay in this lifetime!”
“What do I owe you? When have I ever owed anyone anything?”
He hates her to the bone, yet loves her more deeply still, taking her into his arms night after night!
The imperial throne of Daxie changes hands. After ascending the throne, the new emperor purges the old faction. The Ninth Prince's faction, accused of treason, implicates the Cui family, and the new ruler grows wary of them. Thus the entire Cui clan, once so powerful that “red gates stood beneath rows of halberds, and grand mansions stretched to the sky,” is now condemned. Every man is executed by waist-cutting, and every woman is exiled into servitude. Filled with hatred, Cui Yue lives only for revenge.
He imprisons her, humiliates her, and forces her to beg for mercy, but all he gets in return is her repeated indifference.
The more silent she becomes, the more he loses control. In this revenge tangled with love, as he claims her in the bedchamber and demands her surrender, whose resolve will finally break?