The day we heard that Hyun was the top pick in high school, everyone in the city knew that he was an upstart.
It was also known throughout the city that he was just a sycophantic minister who borrowed the eldest princess's dress to ascend to the clouds.
When the courtiers saw him, they raised their hands and congratulated him, and the scholars drank and chatted happily with him. Everyone did not show anything on their faces, but secretly they despised him for clinging to the powerful and willing to be humble.
Wen Xuan didn't care.
The ministers of the emperor have reputation, and the ministers of the princess have power.
Only by climbing to the top can the snow be revealed.
When he went to Beijing to take the exam, he was still the son of Qilin who had high hopes for the Wen family in Bingzhou.
When the tribute list was released and the palace examination was approaching, bad news came from home: the whole family of the Wen family was destroyed, and the murder shocked the countryside.
But on the second day after the incident, the alleged murderer was brought to justice, the case files were hastily sealed, and the case was declared closed.
Only then did Wen Xun finally understand that even power was divided into three, six or nine levels, and those with high authority could blatantly destroy people and whole families without being implicated. Those who are low will live with humiliation forever.
He vowed to come forward.
After becoming the number one scholar, he wore a red hairpin and knelt under the Danqi, bowing his head to the most unprovoked woman in the world.
The eldest princess, Zhao Lingyue, has been regent for many years, wielding power in both the government and the public, and killing from her heart. She does not believe in loyalty, has no pity for the wronged, and does not accept useless people.
It can be heard that Hyun wants to refine himself into the most convenient tool, letting her know that his skin can serve as a pillow, and his character and skills are also the sharpest knife.
From then on, one wants to reverse the case and take revenge, the other wants to cut off the old officials; one borrows his own identity to join the game, and the other uses the game to test his heart.
Above the court, they are each other's chess players and pawns.
In the same dead game, everyone plays chess and moves.
It wasn't until everything was broken that I realized there was no winner in this world.
