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In the glittering courts of the Eastern Empire, where jade towers gleam and whispers of betrayal travel faster than the wind, Lin Ruyan is married off under a crimson bridal veil. The marriage is no blessing-it is a calculated move in a deadly game of power.
Her groom, Xu Tianlei, is the Emperor's favored general: feared on the battlefield, merciless in the council hall, and rumored to have drowned more enemies in blood than rivers could hold. Cold, untouchable, and veiled in secrets, Tianlei treats Ruyan not as a wife, but as another pawn in his rise to absolute dominance.
But Ruyan is no fragile bride. Behind her painted smile and delicate beauty lies a heart scarred by betrayal, a woman who knows that survival in the palace is a sharper blade than any sword. Beneath her red veil, she vows vengeance-not only against those who bartered her future, but against the very empire that seeks to silence her.
Yet, the more she resists her husband, the deeper he binds her. Their nights are a storm of passion and defiance, where kisses taste of both fire and poison. With each touch, the line between hatred and desire blurs, until even vengeance trembles before the pull of fate.
As conspiracies unravel and bloodlines are exposed, Ruyan discovers that Tianlei's cold heart hides a darkness entwined with her own past. To claim freedom, she must risk surrendering the one thing she swore never to give-her heart.
In a world where betrayal is currency and love is the most dangerous weapon, the red veil conceals not a bride's innocence, but the spark of a war that will shake the empire.