Dynasty background: In the fictional dynasty Zhaohua Dynasty, the founding emperor established the country with force. After a hundred years, two major factions, Qingliu and Powerful Ministers, were formed in the court. The emperor Xiao Yan was frail and suspicious, the prince Xiao Jing was kind but powerless, and the eldest princess Xiao Mingzhu lived among the people in her early years and was adopted by the government as her adopted daughter Su Ruoxue.
Character setting
1. Male protagonist: Lin Mobai
He was a scholar from a poor family, intelligent and tolerant, and was the first scholar in the imperial examination.
Personality: soft on the outside but strong on the inside, good at using power and tactics, and caring about the world.
Growth path: from editor of the Seventh Rank → Minister of Rites → Chief Assistant of the Cabinet → Minister Tuogu.
Key skills: proficient in law, good at layout, and calligraphy.
2. Heroine: Su Ruoxue and Xiao Mingzhu
The adopted daughter of the Duke's mansion is actually the eldest princess. She is highly skilled in martial arts and is proficient in strategy.
Personality: cold and decisive, hiding tenderness, holding back twenty years of revenge.
Identity change: adopted daughter → eldest princess → regent princess → eldest princess Mingyi.
Key skills: swordsmanship, mounted archery, art of war, and disguise.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
