Summary
Prince Xie Changling spent three years imprisoning the young emperor Xiao Huaijing in Star-Picking Tower—not to seize the throne, but to keep him alive. When Xiao finally drives a blade into his heart before the court, Xie dies believing his plan has succeeded. Then he awakens on the day the confinement began. Determined to return power, free the emperor, and disappear from his life, Xie instead finds every retreat met with anger, tears, and chains of his own. As old misunderstandings unravel, he must face the truth he hid across two lifetimes: the emperor he protected never wanted freedom from him.