Zhou Lang's Gaze

Jiang Yijun's grandfather was the head of the Imperial Academy, and he taught two students who could not have been more different.

The former crown prince was benevolent and kind, yet met his end by setting himself on fire.

Zhou Ji was ruthless and vicious. When his fellow disciples fell into misfortune, he stood by and did nothing. Rumor even had it that he helped bring about the former crown prince's death, and that he rose to the highest ranks by currying favor with the current emperor.

Jiang Yijun was afraid of him. After watching him suppress the former crown prince's old supporters with an iron fist and hearing him publicly declare that the crown prince had brought ruin to the country and its people, while the current emperor was the one chosen by Heaven, she avoided him like the plague.

But Jiang Yijun never expected that the abyss had a bottom, while the human heart was impossible to fathom.

The gentle young man who called her "Elder Sister" at every turn had been plotting against her from the very beginning. Even her grandfather had become one of his pawns.

He said he was restoring order and acting on Heaven's behalf.

Jiang Yijun was lost. She could no longer tell right from wrong, or black from white.

When the zither plays a wrong note, Zhou Lang turns to look.

Zhou Ji walked up to her, put away his ferocity, and said gently, "Follow me. I'll teach you how to tell right from wrong."