[Dual female leads + both each other’s only love + childhood friends + equally matched + political intrigue + sweet on the outside, calculating underneath]
[Bold, dashing female general × gentle, resilient eldest princess]
She is the youngest female general in Great Zhao. After three years on the battlefield, she returns to find her father dead in battle and murderous plots closing in at court.
She is a princess confined to the inner palace, her mind full of schemes. In secret, she has woven a web to protect one person at all costs.
Yin Xuezhong thought her feelings for Meng Zhaoyue were nothing more than childhood affection, until she drank that cup of tea in Qingluan Hall. The Longjing tasted sweet, even sweeter than she remembered.
Meng Zhaoyue thought she would never confess her feelings, until Yin Xuezhong stood in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, driven into a dead end by everyone around her.
Political machinations, a struggle for imperial power: two women walk along the edge of a blade.
He wants their lives, so they will take his empire.
Later, Great Zhao has its first empress, and the empress marries two female generals.
(The setting of this novel is entirely fictional, and the story is wholly invented. Please do not try to match it to real people or judge it as a history book. Some details, such as officials’ ranks, are inspired by history.)
