Xiao Changning, the Great Liang dynasty’s first female chief of the cabinet, was born to a humble family. After ten years lying low, she wields her pen like a blade and advances step by step, manipulating the court’s powerful nobles at will. Everyone knows her as gentle and smiling, yet she never spills blood when she kills.
Shen Xinglan, the first female commander of the Black Armor Army, wears white robes and silver armor. Decisive and ruthless, she commands a hundred thousand cavalry and is a sharp sword hanging over the enemy nations on the northern frontier. The emperor lusts after her and wants to take her as his consort. She sneers, “The realm is not yet at peace. You would do better to pay more attention to the war.”
One is the youngest chancellor in the land, The Outcast, second only to the emperor and above all others. The other is a renowned god of war, whose iron hooves have trampled across thousands of miles of mountains and rivers.
The civil and military officials all say, “With either of these two on your side, you can win the realm.”
Yet no one knows that the impoverished orphan girl once trampled into the mud, and the general’s orphaned daughter who crawled out of a heap of corpses, had long ago forged an unbreakable alliance where no one could see.
At court, one shields the other and clears away her political enemies.
On the battlefield, one guards the frontier for the other and holds the rear.
The emperor holds a banquet, hoping to turn the two against each other, and sows discord: “My two valued ministers, one serves at court and the other out in the provinces. Sometimes even I feel uneasy.”
One smiles and raises her cup. “Your Majesty worries too much. My bond with the marshal is as clear and simple as water.”
The other sweeps him with a cold glance. “If Your Majesty still feels uneasy, I can hand over my military seal. But tell me, will you still be able to hold on to your throne?”
Later, when foreign enemies invade and the court has no one left to turn to, the emperor kneels and begs for help.
Together, they take command of the three armies, win the people’s hearts, and help the new ruler ascend the throne.
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