Synopsis：Zhong Chusi, a frail general, is ordered by imperial decree to marry Li Rongyu, a returned hostage prince. This marriage, born of imperial coercion, conceals a hidden bond that could overturn their fates. He resists the union with all his heart, while she guards herself at every turn. Within the confined space of the general’s residence, the two cautiously test each other, holding one another in check. As imperial conspiracies quietly surface and accusations from blood relatives follow one after another, two people who should have remained strangers are forced into a binding alliance, standing side by side time and again amid blades and bloodshed. As buried pasts slowly come to light, the secrets he carries in his chest and the obsessions she bears unexpectedly intertwine. Where will this marriage, begun as a calculation, ultimately lead?