The rumored brutal and murderous general Zhao Wuji became the "new husband-in-law" of the sickly prince like me.
All civil and military officials in the dynasty bet that I would not survive the wedding night.
They don't know that a perfect hunter always appears as a prey.
I calculated that he would become the strongest weapon in my strategy, but he regarded me as the only private property of his dark kingdom.
Later, when I was in trouble in the court, he paved the way for me to shed blood on the battlefield.
When I finally sat on the supreme throne, he knelt on one knee at the foot of my steps. His eyes were the only thing about the chess game that I couldn't see through, and his voice was hoarse:
"Your Majesty, now you and this world are mine."
Reader comments
The characters are very interesting and the narrative is very compact. It is a very good Machiavellian novel. If you like Machiavellian reasoning and ancient political battles, you can check it out. The emotional descriptions are delicate but there is little emotional communication. If you like emotions, you can skip it.
The characters are very interesting and the narrative is very compact. It is a very good Machiavellian novel. If you like Machiavellian reasoning and ancient political battles, you can check it out. The emotional descriptions are delicate but there is little emotional communication. If you like emotions, you can skip it.