[Intimacy Before Love + High-Tension Push and Pull + A Dark, Ghostly Male Lead + Both Leads Have No Other Partners, 1v1 + No Transmigration or Rebirth]
In the fourth year of Shaohe, Emperor Chu Youlan, only seventeen years old, was burned to death in a fire. The only one left behind was his twin elder sister, Chu Tanyin, whose face was identical to his.
Xie Yinchuan, Commander of the Imperial Brocade Guard, obeyed the Regent's order and swallowed the mother worm of the Silk-Binding Gu. Chu Tanyin became a pawn in a political struggle and swallowed the offspring worm.
Two people who should never have crossed paths spent one reckless night together.
When Chu Tanyin awoke, Li An, the late emperor's trusted aide and head eunuch, had already dressed her in Chu Youlan's clothes.
“Ayin, you must become Chu Youlan.”
For revenge, and to reclaim everything that had originally belonged to the Chu family, Chu Tanyin disguised herself as a man, took her younger brother's place, and continued to rule as the sovereign of the Xia Dynasty.
Yet Xie Yinchuan saw through her at a glance.
To sow discord among the former court's factions, Chu Tanyin maintained her relationship with Xie Yinchuan while using him to shatter the alliance between the Regent and the Duke of Jingguo.
Now that the trap has been sprung and the dagger revealed, how much sincerity lies behind the point of the sword?
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An alternate world, entirely made up. Neither lead is a good person.
