#DarkDynasty #ImperialIntrigue #GuPoisonInTheInnerPalace #FatedReincarnation #HighIQShowdown
When Emperor Jing first ascends the throne, war beacons flare along the northern frontier.
As the selection roster turns, covert canal gang agents, a lone Di tribeswoman, the shadow of the deposed crown prince… all are drawn into the game.
He takes the realm as his board and moves without mercy:
He establishes two tracks for the imperial examinations to break the power of the great clans, permits nighttime markets under the curfew to conceal deadly plots, and takes a Di princess as his consort to keep the steppes in check.
Yet he does not know that he is the one stoking the fire beneath the cauldron where gu are being bred
