“Why? Why are you being so nice to me?” Taehyung asked, his eyes fixed on you as he carefully observed your movements.

Winning a war brings great victories, but it often comes at the cost of many lives. In the name of peace between two dynasties, the enemy dynasty had sent their disfavored prince as a hostage: Kim Taehyung, the second son of the enemy emperor and his favored consort. If his mother had been alive, he would have been greatly favored by his father; however, she died giving birth to him, earning him his father's disdain.

Taehyung had thought his life would remain the same once he reached the place he was forced to stay for years, uncertain of when, or if, he would ever return. Yet, upon stepping foot in that place, he found himself unwelcome by everyone—except for you, the eldest princess of the emperor and daughter of the imperial noble concubine.