A shrewd, calculating merchant's daughter × a powerful regent.
A miscarriage of justice and a deal bring them together, giving them the chance to conspire to rule the realm.
Wen Dihua's family had lived in Jinyang for generations, making their living through trade.
In the eighteenth year of the Jingshuo era, the Wen family took part in the annual inter-prefectural trade fair as usual. But the silk and porcelain that should have been inside their crates had somehow been replaced with military weapons, and the Wen family was charged with treason and collusion with the enemy.
The wrongful case drew in numerous factions. With nowhere else to turn, Wen Dihua accepted the olive branch extended by Wei Linjin, the regent of the realm.
To avenge her family, Wen Dihua changed her name and identity. From then on, she used the regent's influence to clear her father's name while amassing wealth to rebuild the family business.
From the markets to the imperial court, from the Central Plains to the vassal states, Wen Dihua discovered amid their mutual exploitation that the regent, who seemed to have everything, was also burdened by a blood feud.
The two people who appeared to have nothing to do with each other had, in fact, been connected in countless ways for many years.
And so, having survived a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, they joined hands and stood side by side, trampling their enemies beneath their feet as they forged their way forward.
Using the land as a chessboard, they lay bare the grievances and affections of the past.
Theme: I would not hesitate to die for ten thousand miles; at last, I will attain success.
