She is promised to the Demon King — until a mix-up with the palanquins delivers her to the heavenly court instead. She takes the news perched in a sacred orchard, eating the apples and flirting without shame. Her new husband, the Heavenly Monarch, wants only a child conceived from souls, and keeps a vow made centuries ago to a love he lost. Thirty-five chapters of ritual, restraint, and a gem she has carried since birth.