This was a marriage arranged by family chessboards, yet blossomed into a passionate love from the depths of the soul. When the bright and assertive elite lawyer Fang Yun and the powerful and unfathomable minister Zhao Tingwen were pushed by fate into a "blind date," the seemingly cold curtain of a political marriage was drawn back.She was a rose with thorns, sharp and ruthless in court and decisive in love, yet forced to conceal her brilliance before the will of her family, she entered into a marriage contract with a man twelve years her senior, a man she could call "uncle." He was... A steadfast pine tree, perched atop the pinnacle of power, never betraying its emotions, its life trajectory as meticulously precise as a clock, yet it buried an eight-year-long, secret admiration deep within a dried yellow rose specimen.The beginnings of their marriage were filled with testing, clashes, and a turbulent, undercurrent of attraction. She dialed his number by mistake while drunk, and he waited patiently for her return in the snowy night; she shone brightly in her professional field, and he silently paved the way and protected her from behind. He taught her the game of power and its nuan…
