Mo Ye, the powerful regent, is burdened with a blood feud and is bent on planning for imperial hegemony. He has a cold and unenthusiastic temperament. He only sees power and chess games and never wants to be distracted by love.
Su Jin is the legitimate daughter of an aristocratic family. She is gentle and transparent. She has been in love with him since she was young and has been waiting for him for many years with a marriage contract. She put down her family status and went to the Regent's Palace to take care of the inner courtyard for him. She covered up the troubles for him in the court, shouldered the criticism of the city, offered her all her tenderness, and was willing to be his secret support that no one knew existed.
When the battle for the right to inherit the throne became intense, the royal family was afraid of Mo Ye's military power, and secretly used the Su family to threaten and balance. In order to clear up his weaknesses and solidify his way to seize power, Mo Ye broke up with Su Jin in public, saying coldly that the two of them only had an engagement in name only and had no affection at all. The words were bone-chilling, crushing her years of sincerity.
Rumors swept the capital, and the Su family was gradually declining. Su Jin alone endured the family's ridicule and troubles in the palace, and suffered cold looks and embarrassment. However, Mo Ye devoted himself to the power struggle and watched with cold eyes, never protecting her in the slightest.
The disappointment accumulated day after day to the extreme. Su Jin saw clearly that the power of the country always came before her, and she was just a pawn that he could discard at any time. She gave up all her love, handed over the letter of separation, cut off all ties, and went to the water town in the south of the Yangtze River. She didn't care about the disputes in the capital, and just wanted to be free and safe for the rest of her life.
After she completely pulled away, Mo Ye suddenly realized that he was in great power and had thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in his hands. The waiting that he ignored, the loneliness that no one shared, and the tenderness that belonged to her all turned into bone-gnawing regret. He abandoned his authority in the court, put down his pride, and traveled thousands of miles south of the Yangtze River, just asking Su Jin to turn back.
But the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River has long healed the scars in her heart. There is no trace of Mo Ye in her eyes anymore. The mountains and rivers are vast and the road ahead is open. She no longer wants to be trapped in a wrong love.
Spring and Autumn change, and the country remains as usual year after year.
He has a long-lasting hegemony, but is trapped in belated obsessions for the rest of his life; she escapes her old dreams and is free, and the mountains and rivers will never meet again in this life.
Mo Ye used his power to abandon her, and when he looked back in the Spring and Autumn Period, he could no longer find the person he loved before. A deep love was misunderstood, and from then on, spring and autumn were divided. One person was obsessed with keeping the country, and the other went to Jiangnan for the rest of his life. Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, thousands of years to come, only one thing I owe Su Jin is waiting for me year after year.
Regent Mo Ye gave up her love for Su Jin for power. Only when she reached the top did she realize her regret. He traveled thousands of miles south of the Yangtze River to find her, but only in exchange for her letting go of the past and never looking back.
Purpose: ancient costume strategy