As a life-saving mother, Shen Wan carefully planned to marry into the Hou family, thinking that she would find stability.
However, her father used the business approval as bait to exchange her biological mother's contract of prostitution.
In desperation, she used the emperor as a weapon to break the situation and tried to please him.
After receiving the approval, she flew away without hesitation, leaving the aloof emperor behind.
Shen Wan fled to Yangzhou, thinking that the sky was high and the sea was vast.
Unexpectedly, Gu Linyuan abandoned the government and went south incognito, just to take her back to Chang'an.
For a time, the government and the public were shocked. Everyone said that His Majesty was deceived by beauty and loved beautiful people but not the country. Admonishments from the Censor's Office came like a snowflake, and some even called for her to be killed as a witch who had brought disaster to the country.
It had been three years since Gu Linyuan ascended the throne, and foreign troubles had initially subsided, so he finally had time to rectify internal affairs. Shen Wan's appearance was just right. He could not only serve as a cover to divert the court's attention, but also give birth to an heir for him without any hidden dangers from his relatives.
When the emperor's purpose was achieved, this chess piece could have been discarded. But he found that his mind and body had already been deeply entangled in the chess game, and he would rather destroy this big chess board to save Shen Wan.
Gu Linyuan had been strategizing all his life, but his biggest mistake was overestimating his own strength. Shen Wan lured the wolf into the house, but he even lost the wolf's den.
*Clean for both men and women. The male protagonist is cold and stern in the early stage, but becomes perverted and love-minded in the later stage. The sweet text is not cruel.
Intention: Even if you are stuck in the quagmire, you must move forward with perseverance and redeem yourself.