Wei Yingluo reborn for vengeance, she is a ghost in her own skin, navigating the treacherous court with a chilling smile as she dismantles the lives of those who betrayed her. But in the palace's forgotten corners, she meets another outcast the "crippled" Crown Prince, a man who sees the storm behind her eyes and recognizes it as his own. A forbidden connection, whispered under the moon's cold eye, begins to bloom. This new love is a dangerous warmth, a beautiful and terrifying prison that threatens to melt the icy hatred that fuels her, forcing her to question what she truly wants: retribution for the dead, or a future with the living.

The ghost story Yingluo had unleashed spread through the Forbidden City like a winter chill, carried on the whispers of eunuchs and the behind-the-fan gossip of concubines. The Ministry of Rites had become a laughingstock, a den of paranoia where clerks eyed each other with suspicion, triple-checking even the simplest characters. The Third Prince, Li Jian, was a volcano of impotent rage, his fury a spectacle that only heightened the perception of his instability. The web was trembling, just as she had predicted.


Chapter 59 - Chapter 59: The Tiger's Gaze(猛虎之视)