[Game of Two Powers|Step by step|He is willing to die|She is in charge of the world]
He was the person who was supposed to die according to the late emperor's decree.
At the age of seventeen, the whole family of the Marquis of Jing'an was massacred, and he became the only surviving evidence of the crime. Under the pseudonym Shen Mubai, he hid in Si Tianjian, dealing with the Queen Mother, Quan Eunuch, and the vassal king, using his life as a bargaining chip to set up a trap for seven years.
He calculated every step accurately - until he met Su Qingyan.
The eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo and the most talented woman in the capital. She is not his target, but she is the biggest variable in his chess game. She saw through his disguise at a glance, but remained calm; she knew he was using her to infiltrate the court, and used his information to overthrow the Minister of War.
There is no trust between them, only exchange. He gave her the enemy's weakness, and she gave him the steps to overturn the verdict.
But when he was on the line between life and death in the court, she was the one who overcame everyone's opinions and came up with a plan to turn things around. When her family was involved in the murder that year, it was he who exposed his identity and blocked the fatal blow for her.
They joined forces to make the Queen Mother abolish her power, let the Emperor regain control of the court, and let all enemies fall into the net one by one.
Until the last moment, he said to her: "You were never a pawn in the game I laid."
She smiled: "I know. Because I am the one who plays chess."
She grew up from a chess piece to an amazing chess player. From a vengeful prisoner, he learned to lay down his butcher's knife for her.
Machiavellian tactics are the tactic, and love is the bait. They join forces to take over this world.
Reader comments
Super beautiful, fast-paced, and well-written. It's rare to see such beautiful Machiavellian writing in Tomato.
Super beautiful, fast-paced, and well-written. It's rare to see such beautiful Machiavellian writing in Tomato.