Chu Yan, the lord of the Nine-Layered Palace, lived a life of arrogance and pride, convinced of his unparalleled talent—until he was brought down by the very male concubine he had doted on for ten years. With his ancestral legacy destroyed and all hope lost, abandoned by everyone, he recalled the loyal bodyguard who had stayed by his side for a lifetime—only to be executed by his own order. When he opened his eyes again, time had rewound as if it were all a dream. Overjoyed to see the cold, silent figure in black still beside him, he failed to notice the shattered, desolate pain in the man’s eyes. —A broken sword can be reforged, but what of a broken heart?