We once made a wish to create a peaceful and prosperous age together.
But now, my pen has condemned you, and his knife is at my neck.
The civil servant Gu Huaijin, the military general Xiao Dingyuan, and the prince Xie Heng - they were once the three most dazzling people in the capital. They grew up together and determined together.
After Xie Heng ascended the throne, Gu Huaijin took charge of the reform and Xiao Dingyuan took control of the military. They were supposed to be the strongest triangle in the empire, but they were drifting apart in the dispute over the national policies of "expedition" and "recuperation".
A long-planned assassination pushed Xiao Dingyuan into the abyss. To protect the overall situation, Gu Huaijin personally cleaned up the Xiao family.
Ten years later, troops came to the city. At the final palace banquet, the three of them sat across from each other again. There was poisoned wine in the cup, there were swordsmen lurking outside the door, and the person sitting in front of me was the person I owed the most in my life.
In this game, no one can get out alive.