Yan Ci, the eighteen-year-old empress of Great Yan, is a bloodthirsty tyrant in the eyes of the world.
Two years into her reign, she has killed countless people and is notoriously unpredictable. The entire court trembles on its knees before her throne.
No one knows that her cruelty is an act.
She is waiting for the ones who killed her elder brother to reveal themselves.
Su Nianqing, nineteen, is the late emperor's widow and Great Yan's most skilled spy.
Ordered to go undercover in the palace, she must determine whether the tyrant should be “eliminated.”
She holds a dagger in her hand, but remembers the dying emperor's final request:
He had clasped her hand and said, “Protect her for me.”
Should she kill her, or protect her?
Then Su Nianqing discovers a jade pendant beneath the tyrant's pillow.
It is the keepsake left behind by the girl who saved her five years ago.
That girl once smiled and said, “If anyone ever bullies you, come find me.”
The person she must kill is the person she must protect.
The person she must protect is the person she has been searching for over the past five years.
Su Nianqing grips her dagger and stands beside the tyrant's bed.
In the moonlight, tears stream down her face.
To kill, or not to kill?
Support the new book. The writing style is not bad. The author is good at writing short stories, but the emotional changes of the characters in the novels are a bit stiff. The most important thing in the female novels, especially the Lily novels, is the emotional changes between the heroines. This is a test of the author's skills. It is a bit green at the moment, but the plot is okay. It can be used as a meal replacement during the book shortage.