Dual heroines + political intrigue + palace intrigue + power couple + female emperor
Years ago, the emperor personally decreed a betrothal that brought Zhou Muan from the northwest to Chang’an. The bright, vivacious young woman is forced to struggle for survival in the treacherous imperial city. Her refined and gentle fiancé reveals his hypocritical nature in an instant, and beneath the calm surface of court politics, powerful undercurrents churn. Just as Zhou Muan resigns herself to fate, ready to accept death, she sees a girl in red riding toward her where blue skies meet clear waters. Cheng, the young general who has charged across countless battlefields, reaches out to her and says, “Zhou Muan, you are not allowed to give up.”
Zhou Muan refuses to give up. She will be neither crown princess nor empress. If the imperial city imprisons her, she will destroy it. If the people of the realm want her dead, she will turn her sword against them all. It is only a throne, and if no one else can sit on it, then she will.
In Zhaode Hall, atop the high dais, Zhou Muan smiles and reaches out to the person below. The general in red kneels on one knee.
Zhou Muan: “The realm is a beautiful painting. What a shame to admire it alone. Why don’t we stand side by side?”
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