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 raven's feather hairpin was a declaration. When Wei Yingluo fastened it into her hair the next morning, she felt its weight not as an ornament, but as a crown of thorns. It was a symbol of her secret alliance, a badge of her new, dangerous identity. In the mirror, her reflection seemed altered. The clever maid from the Embroidery Bureau was gone, replaced by a woman with eyes that held the chilling stillness of a frozen lake. The stone in her heart was no longer just a part of her; it was the core around which she was rebuilding herself, piece by calculated piece.


Chapter 81 - Chapter 81: The Hunter and the Hunted (猎人与猎物)