[All-powerful Grand Princess × Enemy-state hostage who plans several moves ahead]
The Qin family had served with unwavering loyalty for generations, yet they incurred the emperor’s suspicion and ultimately became a sacrifice to royal power.
Xie Zhao returns from the battlefield with a blood edict in hand, becoming Nanyin’s most honored Grand Princess Who Guards the Nation. With royal power in her grasp, she goes on a rampage!
She not only takes charge of the court, but also disrupts the enemy-state hostage’s secret web of schemes. She tears off his false smile and says, “If you dare destroy Nanyin, I will kill you with my own hands.”
Later, before the assembled nations, a tribal princess sets her sights on Xie Zhao’s consort. She declares boldly in public, “Xiao Jin belongs to me. Whether he is a hostage from Daliang or an official of Nanyin, I alone decide whether he stays or goes.”
From cautiously plotting every step to falling completely, he walks a blood-soaked path to help her eliminate all her enemies, willingly bowing in submission. “Zhaozhao, I’ve already lost my country. I don’t want to lose you too. From now on, you protect the country, and I’ll protect you.”
She makes the moves; he enters the game.
She schemes for the country; he schemes for her.
