In the imperial court of the Great Zhou Dynasty, party disputes were raging, and foreign enemies were everywhere.
Shen Yan, an orphan from a poor family, developed a hard-hearted heart over ten years of poverty, and entered the officialdom just to climb to the top of power.
Xie Mingshu was an orphan of the general family. After her father and brother were killed in battle, she personally severed the love between her children and used marriage as a bargaining chip in exchange for the survival of the family.
A political marriage with different motives, the wedding night was full of flowers and candles, and the two of them sat facing each other until dawn——
He tested her trump card, and she measured his ambition.
"Master Shen wants power, and I want life," she flicked the candle, "each of us gets what he needs, how about that?"
"Madam, you are very happy." He poured a full cup of Hexin wine, "but this glass of wine must wait until we have survived the first month before drinking it."
It took them twenty years to go from marginal nobles to powerful people.
He washed the censor's stage with blood for her, and she broke into the enemy camp alone for him;
He was chatting with scholars in the court, while she was weaving intelligence in the inner house;
They once stood side by side in the Golden Palace, and also faced each other with swords drawn back to back in the rainstorm.
"From a dragon or to make a dragon?" She asked.
"Build a dragon." He replied, "We have the final say in this world."
But when the yellow robe really came on, they discovered that——
Power is a poison that corrodes the bones, trust is fragile porcelain, and the person who played chess with him on the wedding night has already become an obsession that is harder to let go than the country.
