Since ancient times, kingdoms have united after long division, and divided after long unity.
At that time, the Central Plains were split into four: Southern Liang, Northern Zhou, Eastern Qi, and Western Chu. Southern Liang and Northern Zhou were evenly matched powers.
After more than two hundred years of conflict, someone quietly entered the game being played for control of the realm, waiting to close the net and claim the Central Plains.
During the celebrations for the Southern Liang emperor's birthday, the Northern Zhou princess sent for a political marriage was assassinated in the Southern Liang capital. War between the two kingdoms was on the verge of breaking out. Xu Shengge left the renowned Tianqi Academy to save her father, Xu Jingyu, who had been sentenced to death, and to prevent the two kingdoms from going to war. She planned carefully, posted a challenge, and confronted the court ministers at a moment of deadly peril.
But no one could have foreseen that just as she thought everything had settled, the conspiracy that would engulf the realm was only beginning.
Xuanji Commandery was a territory both kingdoms were determined to possess. To prevent war, the rulers of both kingdoms agreed to grant it to Xu Shengge, making her its commandery princess.
When kingdoms sent proposals for marriage, Xu Shengge realized she had become the center of their struggle. A cold sweat broke out...
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
