He isn't the boy Nihuang loved, the boy Jingyan trusted. He's the kind of man Nihuang doesn't and shouldn't love, that Jingyan doesn't and shouldn't trust.

Somehow, despite this, he still gets to brush blossoms off of Duchess Mu's hair, gets to advise Prince Jing as he strives for the throne.

And ever since Mei Changsu has come to Jinling, the ghost of Lin Shu has haunted him as strongly as it haunts the people he left behind.