The Peerless Empress

As power passes from one ruler to the next, the tides wash away the sand. Here is a man unmatched in political cunning, wielding power over all yet beset by enemies. There is a woman of mysterious origins, brilliant and shrewd, who keeps well away from power. A contest of political schemes, a struggle to seize a kingdom and build a home. One must be the attacker or the recipient, hunter or prey. But who will hesitate, and fall in love first? He says, “In this battle, the last thing I want to see is you standing in front of me.” She says, “In this life, the last thing I want to see is you dying in front of me.” In this splendor doomed to fall amid a turbulent age, he stubbornly refuses to leave the stage, while she laughs and sighs that the song hasn't even ended.