[My first time writing. It’s too embarrassing to look at.]
Meng Xiao is the beloved daughter of Meng Zhongzhi, the Left Chancellor, and the most celebrated noblewoman in the capital.
Amid the envious gazes of everyone around her, she marries Xiao Chengen, the emperor’s trusted confidant, who is utterly devoted to her.
On their wedding night, beneath the red candles, Meng Xiao says with a smile, “Lord Xiao, your life is in my hands.”
Xiao Chengen smiles faintly. “To have you as my wife, I would die without regret.” He takes her hand. “My lady, I told you I would be the sharpest blade in your hand.”
After the wedding, the “perfect husband,” Xiao Chengen, personally presents evidence of his father-in-law Meng Zhongzhi’s crimes, using him as a stepping-stone to climb higher. Everyone laughs at Meng Xiao for being foolish enough to invite a wolf into her home.
Meanwhile, inside the prison, Meng Xiao stands before her father, who is dressed in a prisoner’s uniform, and smiles with wild abandon.
“Father, did you ever imagine this day would come?”
Meng Zhongzhi laughs. “Yaoyao, you won this game. But did you really win?”
In the imperial study, Emperor An sits and quietly asks Xiao Chengen, “My dear subject, how about I find you a new, virtuous wife?”
They are nothing but pawns in the hands of those in power, players in a show staged for their amusement.
He sits high above all, regarding the common people as mere straw dogs. With the power of life and death in his hands, he overlooks the avenger hidden from view.
They will make a new world rise from this rotten age, and see justice done for the loyal souls wrongly accused.
Several couples: Zhao Rong x An He (one is an ill-fated woman emperor who finally claims the throne; the other is an official’s illegitimate son who has endured hardship and mistreatment since childhood)
Yanzhi x Zhuiyun (one is a highly skilled “maid”; the other is a guard with a sunny “exterior”)
It feels like the female protagonist not only uses the male protagonist, but also likes his appearance and body in the first place. They felt particularly affectionate.ヾ(@^▽^@)ノ
Looking forward to the story line of the princess and the royal husband