She was exceptionally gifted, with a mind full of strategies for governing the country and bringing peace to its people, but as a woman, she had no chance to put her ambitions into practice. The emperor valued her talent and made her his tutor, accompanying him from the age of eight to eighteen.
He was a prince, born into the cruelty of the imperial palace. From childhood, he had to learn to disguise himself to survive there. Her arrival brought him a little warmth. After ten years spent together day and night, he developed feelings for her that he should never have had.
She taught him: An emperor must take responsibility for all the people under heaven and must not lose himself in personal affairs of the heart. But once you've fallen in love, you've fallen in love...
