During the Jingkang Incident, Bianjing was overthrown.
She went from being the beloved emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty to an anonymous fugitive.
Jerusalem, the holy city and the place of war.
He is the leprous king wearing a silver mask. His sixteen-year-old body contains the last glory of the empire and a heavy terminal illness.
Zhao Yunu thought that he could survive by fleeing to the Western Regions with the imperial physician Wang Langyuan.
Until the late-night palace carriage stopped in front of the door, until she saw those grey-blue eyes on the hospital bed that were all-seeing.
"Doctor, do you believe in God?"
"I only believe in what medical skills can and cannot do."
A dose of oriental decoction temporarily stabilized the young monarch's hemoptysis.
A border crisis completely involves the exiles in the political whirlpool of the Holy City.
Baron Leonard's scimitar clanged outside the city, and Saladin's army stared at the edge of the desert. The stubborn disease that the imperial doctor was helpless to deal with, the undercurrent of the power struggle in the palace, and the only seven life-saving pills from the motherland in the imperial doctor's arms...
Is it the leprosy that spreads to the king or the fate of the empire that cannot be cured?
Is it the homeland of Bianjing thousands of miles away that cannot be returned, or is it a page in the history books that is destined to be annihilated?
When the last emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty met the last king of Jerusalem,
Before the Holy City collapses, after destiny burns out
Can they find a way forward in each other's desperate situation?
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Reading tips:
This book strictly follows the historical background and characters of the film, and has solid research evidence.
Two-line narrative, non-romantic main line, focusing on individual survival, beliefs and responsibilities in troubled times
Intention: Doctors use medicine to prolong the country, and kings use power to protect benevolence.
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