A Play of Phoenixes

Her father dies on the battlefield, and her mother takes her own life for love. Overnight, Song Jiuhe goes from the legitimate daughter of a general's household, bedridden with illness, to a pitiful orphan whom everyone pities, and then to the celebrated Princess Jiahe of the capital. They say the Crown Prince is aloof and noble, carrying out his affairs with ruthless brutality. Yet for this “younger sister” in name only, he shows a tenderness and favoritism that are anything but ordinary. At first, Song Jiuhe thinks her Crown Prince brother is as upright and honorable as he appears, restrained and respectful. But one night, the Crown Prince, reeking of wine, smiles as he pins a bloodstained hairpin in her hair and presses it against her forehead. His sigh sounds helpless, but his hoarse voice is almost sinister and wild. “Youyou, how would you like your brother to become yours?” But only Xie Heng knows that he has been plotting to win her over for a long time.