Lust for Power

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This story focuses on political intrigue, revenge, and power struggles at court, told from an omniscient point of view, with romance woven in along the way. A big bow to all my dear readers!

Three years ago, Shen Qing and Jiang Xun were childhood sweethearts, in love with each other, and secretly betrothed.

But then, without warning, both families turned against them, determined to keep the lovers apart and threatening to take their own lives.

In the end, Jiang Xun was sent to a border post a thousand li away. He vanished from the world, never to be heard from again.

Three years later, Young Master Jiang quietly returned with a marriage contract. Everyone along the ten-li main street was buzzing about it, but they all knew the bride wasn't her.

Love's little boat can capsize at any moment.

Their vows of eternal love were like smoke in the wind, shattered in an instant.

Shen Qing sighed. "Men are only dependable when sows can climb trees."

She took out her bone needles and opened her book of poisons, grimly preparing to make the scum pay.

But when she saw Jiang Xun, she lost her composure.

Jiang Xun: "A-Qing, I'm back."

Shen Qing: "Hold on. Who are you?"

Jiang Xun: "… You don't recognize me? I'm your old flame!"

Shen Qing said expressionlessly, "Heh. Get lost! You're not Jiang Xun at all!"

That same year, an astonishingly talented top scholar appeared at court in Chang'an. His background was a mystery. Not born into a noble family, he nevertheless outshone all his rivals and became the talk of the town.

Everyone knew him to be perceptive, decisive, modest, and unassuming. But no one knew he carried a blood feud, with a hundred lives to avenge, and had clawed his way out of the depths of hell.

The young scholar found himself trapped in Chang'an, where he gradually uncovered the truth behind the case from thirteen years ago that had rocked the court: the Grand Secretary had allegedly plotted rebellion, and his entire family had been executed.

But as events unfolded, another earth-shattering case, long hidden from the world, slowly began to surface…

Theme: There are always people who keep striving through the depths of darkness.