Shen Yan is the last ray of blood from the previous dynasty and the most inconspicuous counselor beside Xiao Heng. He blocked the knife for Xiao Heng, made plans, paved the way, and even personally put the last stumbling block to the throne - his own life - on the chessboard. On the day Xiao Heng ascended the throne, the streets of Chang'an City were deserted, and the sound of firecrackers shook the long street. On Shen Yan's grave, the grass has withered for the third time. Later, someone saw the new emperor leaving the palace alone in the snow late at night, walking to an unnamed grave, squatting down, and pouring a bowl of hot wine on the frozen soil. "You gave me my kingdom." He said, "But I don't want it anymore." - No one knows that Shen Yan, the orphan of the previous dynasty, once exchanged two lives for a peaceful and prosperous age. One is his own. One was about the person he kept deep in his heart and never spoke out until his death. BE warning | Two male protagonists | Machiavellian sadomasochism | Legacy of the previous dynasty × Emperor of the new dynasty
Purpose: To write down the price of the pinnacle of power with an indescribable deep feeling - some people use their lives to pave the way, and some people use the rest of their lives to pay it back. The core proposition explored in the story is: When the world and one person cannot have both, is the sacrifice worth remembering? What it asks is not "should we fight for the world?" But "who will speak a word of justice for the forgotten person after the world is firmly established."