On the wedding night, Shen Jinghong, the legitimate daughter of the general's household, holds a dagger against the neck of the disabled prince—"My father committed treason and colluded with the enemy, was it you who framed him?" Xiao Jue slowly stands up instead. "My legs were faked." Half a tally is exposed, and the two form a life-and-death alliance. Investigating accounts upon returning home, blood writing in the ancestral hall, being framed by her step-sister, and poisoning by her stepmother—she plans every step while he secretly supports her. From the inner courtyard of the Marquis's residence to the imperial court, from the Seven-Absolute Heart-Breaking Powder to the Dark Shadow organization, the downfall of Wei Yuan is only the beginning. The Empress Dowager exposes herself for poisoning the Noble Consort, yet sneers, "There is still someone behind me." The beacon fires in the north rise again, and the Shadow Sovereign appears. The blood debts of this general's household have only just begun to be settled.