The Frail Prince Is Actually a Master of Political Schemes

Li Chen, the third prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was known for his frail health and his reluctance to get involved in worldly affairs. But after the crown prince, Li Heng, and his former fiancée, Su Qingyan, conspired to frame him, he died an unjust death. When he opened his eyes again, however, his body was now home to a modern soul from a thousand years in the future. Facing certain death for supposedly deceiving the emperor, he used his far-superior wits to turn the tables right there in the throne hall, publicly pinning the crown prince and the Su family to the pillar of shame and making himself an overnight sensation.

Once he revealed his true brilliance, his suspicious father “rewarded” him by sending him to Tingyu Pavilion, a remote villa. It looked as though he had been cast out of the political center, but in truth, he was a dragon released into the sea. There, he unexpectedly unlocked the astonishing legacy left by his mother, Consort Yun, the only daughter of a former merchant dynasty: a commercial network spread across the land and wealth enough to rival an empire, along with a secret intelligence organization called the Listening Wind Pavilion.

It turned out his mother had not died of illness. Her death concealed a shocking conspiracy involving the empress and the crown prince’s faction, and even implicated a mysterious organization called the Azure Dragon Society, which plotted to seize the “dragon veins.” Armed with his hidden trump cards, Li Chen became a player moving pieces in the dark. In public, he used ruthless methods to clean up the Court of Judicial Review, investigate the Su family’s remaining followers, and wage fierce political battles against the crown prince’s faction. In secret, he proceeded one step at a time, laying a web of schemes to lure his enemies into deadly traps one by one. This is the ultimate contest of wits and power, a thorny journey from personal revenge to exposing the dark conspiracy threatening to overthrow the dynasty.