Shadows Above the Azure Clouds

Name: Shadows Above the Azure Clouds
Author: Clear Square Observing the World

青云之上的影

by Clear Square Observing the World (清方观世)

Status: Completed
Length: 129k Words
Genre: Ancient Romance
Subgenre: Ancient-Style Life
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[Top-Tier Novel] [Romance] [Historical Romance]

Synopsis of The Shadow Above the Azure Clouds

To fulfill her adoptive father's dying wish, Lin Wei disguises herself as a man and takes on the identity of the strategist Yun Wuyi, infiltrating the heart of power in the Great Zhou. There, she assists the seemingly idle but secretly calculating Seventh Prince, Xiao Jingche. With her unmatched intelligence, she helps Xiao Jingche crack the canal transport case, fix the abuses of the salt monopoly, withstand a plague, and redress an injustice in the imperial examinations. From wary allies, the two gradually become confidants who would trust each other with their lives, and then lovers.

But the old mystery surrounding her adoptive father's death, the risk of Lin Wei's identity as a woman being exposed, and the relentless pressure from political enemies such as the Imperial Preceptor all threaten their path forward. After her identity is revealed, Lin Wei is thrown into prison. Xiao Jingche stakes everything on the fate of the realm as he battles the court for her sake. In the end, the truth about the old case comes to light: her adoptive father died protecting Xiao Jingche's maternal family, and the misunderstandings are resolved.

The emperor and empress join forces to purge corrupt officials. Xiao Jingche ascends the throne, and Lin Wei is named empress and chief grand secretary. Together, they pledge themselves to one another for life and build a golden age above the azure clouds.

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