He fished me out of prison, gave me an official status, and made me the sharpest knife in his hand.
He said: "Gu Zhao, your life belongs to me, be your puppet."
I bowed down and said yes, purging the court for him and eradicating dissidents. From the daughter of a guilty minister to an imperial envoy, I perfectly played the role of a "lonely minister and a loyal dog".
He became increasingly obsessed with me, from appreciating me to possessing me, until he locked me into a deep palace and gave me the Phoenix Seal.
The red candle swayed, and he clamped my chin, his eyes dark: "In this life, you can never escape."
I raised my eyes, smiled slowly at him, and gently pressed the gold hairpin in my hand against his throbbing throat.
"Your Majesty, you seem to have forgotten..."
"The other end of the puppet wire is always in my hand."
[A woman disguises herself as a man to scheming in court + the paranoid emperor robs and plunders + a fatal reversal]
Watch how the sober heroine plays chess in a desperate situation and defeats Canglong.
