“He was the one who couldn't bear to let go, the one who longed for a place to call home. But in the end, he was also the one who chose to release his hold.”
~A ruthless, seductive emperor seme × a cunning, flirtatious uke,
political intrigue and genuine feeling in a turbulent stand-in romance~
~Set against the warring states, this tale lays bare the helplessness and deadly push and pull of life beneath royal power~
~He thought he was the player, never realizing he had long been a piece on the board~
When Ning Zigui was forced to take his elder sister's place in the palace, all he wanted was to survive under the tyrant.
He carried a green-tea seducer's script, acting all teary-eyed and fragile on the surface while secretly practicing swordplay and pursuing his own ambitions.
Ah! Another day alive.
But he never expected to actually steal Sang Ji away from his throne. They kept hurting each other, but the man really was deeply in love (and a complete idiot)!
At first, Sang Ji found everything about this “imitation” irritating. Then he discovered that the tears were an act, the weakness was pretend, and the only genuine thing was the spark in his eyes whenever he schemed against him.
It had been so long since anyone had gone to such lengths to revolve around him. Sang Ji complained even as he grew more obsessed, until one day it suddenly hit him:
“Wait, is this green tea the lost love I misplaced years ago?!”
The despised consort goes from trying to survive to searching for a place to belong, only to sink deeper into deadly political schemes. A silver bangle may keep him bound, but it can't hold back the murderous currents swirling beneath the surface.
One goes from loathing to loving, the other from pawn to player, yet neither can escape the soul-searching question:
“What is love, anyway?”
Also known as The Wutong Tree
