On the day when seventeen-year-old Shen Zhaoning ascended the throne, the empire was already a sunken ship riddled with holes.
The three gatekeepers listened to politics behind the curtains, and her chair above the court was just a decoration. What's even more troublesome is that what these people handed over was not a memorial, but a marriage certificate.
King Jing Murong Ting, armed with powerful soldiers, asked her to be his queen willingly. Prime Minister Xie Jinyan, the head of the clan, wanted to use a marriage contract to turn her into a puppet of the noble clan. The richest man, Jiang Chen, controls the lifeblood of the empire and regards her marriage as a business that is sure to make money without losing any money. The spy leader Zi Ye Wuhen is a loyal dog in the dark, but he is weaving a cage with his paranoid love.
Everyone said they loved her. Behind every "love" is a calculation with a clear price tag.
Shen Zhaoning accepted all the marriage letters with a smile, and launched a drama of "the queen chooses a husband".
She dragged the group of jackals, tigers and leopards into the same hunting ground and let them bite each other. She gives them the illusion that they're closing in on victory—until she reveals her true trump card.
The cause of the late emperor's death pointed to one of the suitors.
Old feelings are unresolved, and new hatreds arise. Shen Zhaoning finally understood that there was never any romance in this throne, only a life-and-death game.
Above the court, she is the one who plays chess. In love, she is the only master.
Those who want to conquer her will eventually become her subjects. Those who want to possess her will eventually understand——
She won't marry anyone. She only marries these thousands of miles of mountains and rivers.
