*A seemingly dissolute, carefree playboy prince who is actually cautious and shrewd, adept at disguising himself, and deeply devoted
*A fiercely loyal female general who never forgets a slight, loves and hates with conviction, acts decisively, and cares for the realm
The orphaned heir to the throne, lost by accident as a boy, met a little beggar on the street. The beggar took him in, and the two hungry children plotted the fate of the realm in a brothel woodshed.
Later, one reclaimed his noble birth, while the other went to war.
On the battlefield,
“Heaven, in its desire to confer a great responsibility upon a person, first subjects their heart and will to suffering and their muscles and bones to hard labor... But General, he's the one who's supposed to shoulder the great responsibility. Why are your muscles doing all the work?”
A keen blade pressed against Xiao Nanshuang's throat, tiny beads of blood welling from the wound. Xiao Nanshuang stared coldly at the person before her. “If you've got the nerve, kill me!”
At court,
“Your Majesty, stand by the walls of the imperial city and look toward the north. Can you see those endless white bones? They're my soldiers.” Xiao Nanshuang stood at the edge of the solemn, imposing throne, looking down at the monarch who had once ruled from on high.
In the span of a day and a night, the realm changed hands.
