[Strategy of the Great Heroine|Intellect first marries and then loves|No rebirth golden finger|Two powerful forces join forces]
She was the canary that King Chen had kept in captivity for five years, and everyone thought she would be attached to King Chen for life.
During the heaven-sacrifice ceremony, she kowtowed in public and asked for an edict: to marry King Chen's old enemy, King Zhao.
The whole court was in an uproar. King Zhao looked down coldly, thinking she had other intentions.
On the wedding night, without lifting the hijab, she first handed over a piece of paper and a letter of departure:
"We are husband and wife in front of others, but in private we are just monarch and minister, and do not interfere with each other."
He sneered and took it in, waiting to see when she would reveal her secret.
But later——
Arrows shot through the air at the border, and she threw herself in front of his horse;
The impeachment in the court is like a knife, and she fights with the nobles in the palace alone.
King Zhao tore up the yellowed He Li book, pressed her against the edge of the case, and said in an angry voice:
"You've been working step-by-step for five years—what do you want?"
She raised her eyes, her eyes so calm that she seemed to have been waiting for his question:
"I want you."