The Realm as a Chessboard, Come Make Your Move

Name: The Realm as a Chessboard, Come Make Your Move
Author: Roses Head for the Wilds

江山为棋请君入局

by Roses Head for the Wilds (玫瑰赴野)

Status: Completed
Length: 257k Words
Genre: Ancient Romance
Subgenre: Palace & Household Intrigue
Updated: 2y ago
Source: Fanqie

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Synopsis

[A clever, decisive, pure-hearted female chancellor VS a calculating, rational, deeply scheming, devoted emperor]

Everyone says Chancellor Feng is cold-hearted, cruel, and ruthless.

She broke off an engagement and drove the Minister of Revenue's daughter to her death. In a fit of rage, she wiped out the entire Luo Manor. She treats human life like dirt, earning the wrath of heaven and the hatred of the people.

Everyone knows the emperor dotes on Chancellor Feng. He married her younger sister as a consort and elevated her birth mother to nobility. The Feng family lives in wealth and splendor, beyond anyone's contempt.

The emperor laughs off all the evil deeds Chancellor Feng commits.

Everyone laughs at Chancellor Feng for failing to foresee the future: she had his beloved consort beaten to death and poisoned his son.

But in the end, her younger sister gives birth to the crown prince, and the emperor transfers his affections. His favor is gone.

Chancellor Feng leaves in disgrace and disappears without a trace.

Everyone knows everything, except... except...

“He” is a woman.

Reader's Guide:

1. The setting is fictional, with a high degree of creative license.

2. Happy ending, but there is some angst early on, followed by the emperor's long road to winning back his wife.

3. The male lead is the emperor, and he is not chaste. The heroine disguises herself as a man at first.

4. Please excuse the palace and household intrigue if it isn't well written. It has a bit of an old-school romance feel. If that's not your thing, please don't read.

5. No other potential pitfalls have come up so far.

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