Dressed as the new male favorite of the Empress of the Zhou Dynasty, the first scene when Pei Yan opened his eyes was when the hosta was pressed against his throat, and he was on the line between life and death.
In his previous life, he was a top crisis consultant on Wall Street and died of a heart attack; in this life, he is the humblest plaything in the court, with chronic poison in his body and his life hanging by a thread.
The empress Xiao Changning is decisive in killing, cold-blooded and suspicious. She kept him just to test the knife; he could only survive because he could make a knife.
When the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were quarreling over the grain and grass border, Pei Yan only asked: "Is your account settled?"
No system, no cheats. There is only modern financial logic, capital trading techniques and human deductions.
Short the grain market, rebuild credit, use business to replace the war, and use the situation to break the situation. He used modern rules to reduce dimensions and crush the ancient court.
"Your Majesty needs me, and I need to live. Everyone needs what they need."
"But now I have to cross the line."
From testing each other to trusting each other in life and death, from strategizing to deep-rooted love. The emperor is not easily tempted. Once he is tempted, he will protect him even if he overthrows the world.
Until Shen Jin, the national master of the Western Regions, stepped into Chang'an.
A glass of iced Americano and the words "You are finally starting to look like me" reveal the cross-century game between two modern souls.
Above the machinations, there is the human heart; above the human heart, there is the abyss.
When thousands of people spurned him, he smiled and resigned; when the abyss collapsed, he chose to stay.
"I do not seek immortality, nor do I covet power."
"I just hope that one of the lights in Chang'an can be lit for me."
[Double power strategy | Ancient sayings about financial dimensionality reduction | Empress and male favorite | Evenly matched | Suspenseful foreshadowing]
Reader comments
It's so exciting, it's not a mindless read, it's the kind of thing that makes it worth reading the series in one sitting!
It's so exciting, it's not a mindless read, it's the kind of thing that makes it worth reading the series in one sitting!