Xiao Mu, the Marquis of Dingbei, had won countless victories in the north and earned a formidable reputation. Now advanced in years, he still refused to marry. When a court-appointed matchmaker and portrait artist arrived to arrange a marriage for him, he thought, That fellow must be a spy sent by the court.
So he stayed on guard, kept his distance, and wore his refusal plainly for all to see.
But fate had other plans. One wrong turn led to another, and in a moment of madness, his carefully crafted image gradually fell apart... In the end, he walked right into the spy's trap after all!
