She marches toward revenge for the dead Crown Prince, and her path leads straight into the Gu family. Wei Ling, blunt and uneducated, stakes everything on a marriage to the delicate Gu Mingzhu, unaware that the gentle facade hides Jiang Juan—the merciless master of the Ling Pavilion. Using Gu Mingzhu’s identity, he enters the General’s Manor to take the Flame Jade and treat his illness. Neither of them expects this dangerous scheme to end with the one thing no plan can command: a stolen heart.