The Unmoored Boat: Capital City Arc
The court stands high, its power games cold. In a single day, the winds of change rise.
Armored ships sink into the sea, salt taxes bleed the people, and a capsized warship revives a grudge twenty years old.
Princes vie for the throne, ministers conceal treachery, and eunuchs hide their blades. All are pieces on the board.
Wounded, Xiao Xian enters the throne hall, his broken body holding the court in check.
With one hand, he roots out corruption; with the other, he protects the people.
Those above make the plans; those below go to their deaths.
The nation comes first, love comes after.
In this stroke, to the left lies duty; to the right, regret.
No easy thrills, no exaggeration. This is a story of the world and the human heart, of life and death among ordinary people.
