“You devote yourself to protecting those two, but do they still feel the same way about you?”
“My debt for raising them is immense. I only want them both to be safe and well.”
“Senior Sister, shall we join forces and each get what we want?”
“Why?”
“We’re already caught up in this game. If we don’t fight, we die.”
“An Xian is gifted and resourceful. Once everything is done, if she can’t be useful to you, kill her immediately. Leave no loose ends.”
“What if she’s still willing to serve me?”
“Your Majesty is drunk.”
“I’m not drunk! I’ve coveted Senior Sister… for a long time.”
A young general who has hidden her true abilities for three years × a female censor-in-chief disguised as a man
Shen Ningbei could never let go of past grievances. Yet when she saw the emperor on his throne again, she still couldn’t bring herself to hate him. When she returned to the capital for the grand court assembly, she had no intention of getting involved in the capital’s struggle for succession. But her fiancé, with whom she had had no contact for three years, recognized her. One call of “Senior Sister” dragged her into the capital’s open and covert power struggles.
They distrusted and tested each other, yet also supported one another. As mutual respect blossomed into affection, the young general finally ascended the throne, then placed a phoenix hairpin in her hair before everyone’s eyes.
“May the seas be calm and the rivers clear, and the tide recede at Jiangning. Senior Sister, would you stay and witness an age of peace and prosperity with me?”
The author has clear ideas, good writing style, and well-developed characters. I like Shen Ningbei!