In a kingdom ruled by women and watched by goddesses, Empress Lǐ Huìzhēn hides her heart behind a silver veil — and a secret no one must know.
To protect her throne, she arranges a political marriage between her brother and a noble concubine.
What no one sees is this:
That concubine was once her first love.
Wéi Zhūliàn enters the palace with sorrow in her eyes and a peachwood hairpin from a boy who vanished long ago.
She does not yet know the Empress is the one who left her behind.
And the Empress does not know that Zhūliàn still remembers.
“Why did you choose me?”
“Because I couldn't bear to forget you.”
“And now?”
“Now I must love you in silence… or lose everything.”