The Prince for Love, the Powerful Minister for Plotting

He was the emperor's sole legitimate son, born to the empress, yet he lived worse than a eunuch.

His birth mother died from postpartum bleeding, his father despised him, the empress dowager schemed against him, and the consorts tormented him.

For eighteen years, he was imprisoned in the palace, barely clinging to life.

As the truth was gradually torn into the open,

he was caught in a brutal struggle for the throne, a battle of schemes, and enemies on every side.

Only Pei Jue, the icy young noble who seemed intent on killing him,

kept protecting him at every turn when his life was on the line.

“We're both disposable pawns. Why not join forces and tear down this world that devours us?”