Dijidu

After the fall of the country, Zhao Mingzhao escaped from the powerful man's house in Beishuo, was seriously injured and threw herself into a river. She was also poisoned by a strange poison that she didn't even know about. When she opened her eyes again, she was no longer the imperial concubine who was at the mercy of others. The person who rescued her was named Pei Guanlan, the young master of the Pei family, a medical and businessman who seemed to be playing in the world and making jokes. The caravan was doing prosperously, and he was always smiling in front of people, as if it had nothing to do with him even if the sky fell. No one knows that underneath this "not serious" appearance is an entire business that is being dragged down by the war, and a heart that hates the suffering of others. When he saved her, he just took pity on her at first. What really made him keep her was the strange poison in her body that even he frowned and studied carefully. The interest of his opponent in chess made him think of treating this woman of unknown origin as a chess game worth trying. The Pei family is short of money, and she knows a royal secret. She lacked status, manpower, and a road to the world; while Pei Guanlan happened to have trade routes and credibility across the north and south. A deal in which each gets what he wants is concluded. As they spent day and night together, he gradually saw clearly the edge behind her chessboard - she was better at calculating accounts than an accountant, and could read the game more accurately than a counselor. She was cold and sober at heart, but there was some untimely kindness hidden in the details. Only then did he realize that what he had picked up was not a chess piece, but the same kind. He began to involuntarily plan for her, block her sword, and pave the way for her ambitions - without even realizing it, this had already gone beyond the word "cooperation". Zhao Mingzhao was always wavering towards him: mentally, he was her future minister; but in his heart, he was the only person in the world who could let her shed the skin of "Emperor Ji". Until she dug out an old incident from the old royal accounts - the death of a prince, which had never been truly confirmed. She said to Pei Guanlan: "One year. You will be my prince for one year. As long as I am here, nothing will happen to the Pei family business." They originally just wanted to borrow a name to raise money, redeem people, and keep business routes. But more and more people began to place bets on that name - wealthy merchants used money to buy future peace, demoted officials and offered the city to seek clemency, and remnant soldiers knelt at Pei Guanlan's feet and called him "Your Highness." The borrowed name keeps getting bigger and bigger until it can no longer be easily returned. Later, the borrowed prince died in front of everyone in the world. Zhao Mingzhao finally walked towards the throne in his own name. She wants to build a country that can protect the living. And the man who had picked her up from the water twice smiled and said goodbye to the chess game he had "taken over", and finally sailed out of the world. Purpose: To re-establish order that protects living people in troubled times, and to respect everyone's freedom to choose to stay or go.