A Pact with You Amid Mountains and Rivers

[Transmigration and rebirth, cool-headed and rational heroine, a strong woman’s growth, power struggles, strong alliance, smart characters, no romance]

Shen Heng, a female programmer who worked herself to death, opened her eyes again to find herself lying amid a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood after a battle. In these merciless times, all she wanted was to survive. She would never burn herself out for anyone again.

Yet fate pushed her in front of the young Ying Zheng, a hostage’s son who had not yet become emperor but had already learned to conceal his strength and reveal his edge.

Amid the snowstorms of Zhao and assassination attempts, she used cool calculation to break through each crisis and wielded rules like a blade to clear his path. He carefully maneuvered through the whirlpool of power, yet time and again lost control because of her.

She refused to depend on him and refused to lose herself. She would discuss transactions, not belonging. But when the gates of Xianyang Palace slowly opened and all under heaven came under Qin, he stood upon the highest throne and asked if she would stay. Gazing at the vast land and his deep eyes, she smiled faintly. “I’ll stay by your side, but I’ll never belong to you.”