Political Intrigue: The Masked Minister

No System + no transmigration + political intrigue and intellectual duels + mysterious origins + battles of human nature + slow-burn romance

Shen Ciyuan, the newest third-place palace graduate, was born to a poor family and belongs to no clan or faction.

The emperor sees his lack of connections and wants to use him as a blade against the great clans.

The Five Surnames and Seven Houses admire his talent and want to recruit him as their lapdog.

Those lurking in the shadows covet his bloodline and want to make him the banner under which the world is destroyed.

Everyone thinks he will be easy to manipulate.

But they do not know that this gentle, jade-like young man carries a death list in his arms, and behind his smile lies a blade honed for three years.

Enter the game, plan the game, disrupt the game, break the game.

He takes no one's side. He will make everyone who treats people like chess pieces learn what it feels like to be outplayed.