He died once. After twenty years of integrity and twenty years of hard work, he was finally given poison and wine in exchange for a cold corpse because of the investigation into the water transport corruption case, which led to the investigation of the first assistant Xiao Jingyan.
But when he opened his eyes again, he found that he and the ancient mirror passed down from his family were back twenty years ago.
This time, he wants to change his destiny.
But the ancient mirror passed down from the Lin family made him realize that the matter was far more complicated than he remembered - someone was watching him in the dark thirty years ago. The truth about Prince Ning's death pointed to the emperor on the dragon throne. The real murderer of his mother had long been turned into withered bones, but countless minions were left behind, ready to move.
He rose from a humble family as a Jinshi to a high position as a prisoner of the country, and spent thirty years playing a big game of chess. Open mutual markets to secure borders, divide fields to feed the people, and set up schools to educate talents. It's not for power, it's so that those who died in previous lives will no longer die in vain in this life.
When he finally stood at the top of power, he passed the ancient mirror to his son Kang'er and sent him on his way to the west.
"Some roads must be walked by oneself."
Many years later, Kang'er ascended the throne. The ancient mirror lay quietly on the imperial desk, reflecting thousands of miles of mountains and rivers.
I have been a man for two lifetimes, and have been playing chess for thirty years, just to change the world to peace.
