In the sixth year of the Sui Era, Emperor Jingkang pursued immortality and paid no heed to affairs of state. At the time, half the court was held up by the all-powerful Left Chancellor, Ren Buwei. He inherited the chancellorship from his father at sixteen, and by eighteen was infamous throughout the land for his ruthless methods. Everyone said Ren Buwei harbored designs on the throne. Even his opponents at court dared not voice their anger. Then the Right Chancellor, Zuo Sishan, who had been ordered to guard the border, showed signs of returning to the capital, and the struggle between the Right and Left factions gradually began...
At their first meeting, he was a captivating male courtesan named Jiaojiao, drawing closer to Ren Buwei step by step, all for the jade pendant on him that could command the military. At their second meeting, he had become a treacherous minister in everyone else’s eyes.
“Have we met before, Jiaojiao?” Zuo Sishan said with a smile, taking hold of Ren Buwei. But the smile never reached his eyes.
“Even if the Right Chancellor tries to cozy up to me, it won’t work.” Ren Buwei narrowed his eyes.
Who fell in love first? And who plotted at every turn, calculating every move to the last detail...?
I thought the left prime minister and the fourth prince were a couple 😂
The story and characters are cute and flesh-and-blood (a little Machiavellian, but not much, so it can be read as a sweet novel)