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Shi Shi was born into a noble family and possessed such exquisite beauty that even before her coming-of-age ceremony, her reputation as a nation-toppling beauty moved the capital. With a handsome and refined fiancé, she was the envy of all.
However, a sudden dream shattered her destined fate. In that nightmare, Shi Shi was personally delivered by her fiancé to the bed of the current Imperial Great-Grandson. Her reputation ruined, she was trapped in a golden palace, isolated from the world. Just as she thought she would never escape until death, a cruel and bloody palace coup quietly arrived.
The once high-and-mighty Great-Grandson became a prisoner. He finally remembered the beautiful concubine hidden in his golden house and intended to enjoy one last bit of romance before his death. In her moment of despair, Shi Shi turned her tearful eyes aside, only to see the legendary, bloodthirsty Regent, Li Yan, walking slowly toward her peerlessly handsome, noble, and aloof.
She finally couldn’t help but cry out, “Seventh Uncle…” But in the end, Shi Shi was forced to drink poisoned wine, and her fragrant soul perished at the age of seventeen.
Waking from the dream, she gathered her courage; this time, she must avoid the Great-Grandson and stay far away from those terrifying palace struggles. Yet, when Li Yan lowered his head to tenderly pin a flower in her hair, Shi Shi found herself lost in confusion once more.
Among the Emperor’s sons, Prince Yong (Li Yan) was the most distant and cold, a man of few desires and thin affections. At fourteen, he accompanied the Emperor on a campaign and was accidentally blinded. In just two years, he tasted the coldness of the world. After discovering that his father and brother were the true culprits behind his misfortune, only hatred remained in his heart.
What Li Yan didn’t expect was that an accident would cause Shi Shi to suddenly stumble into his arms. The world knew he was only her uncle in name and a cold man who was difficult to get along with. Yet this fragile, soft girl was innocent and oblivious, her eyes and heart full of him, as if she viewed him as the most trustworthy person in the world.
At first, he just wanted to help her. He carefully maintained his distance from Shi Shi, never expecting that the one who would eventually fall for it was himself.
