I expanded the territory and conquered the imperial court for you, just so that a hundred years later, I could be written on the same page as you in the history books.
[Female disguised as a man to serve as a reader x evil chess player Emperor]
On the day the entire Shen family was executed, he handed me the poisoned wine with his own hands: "Keep your body intact."
Two years later, I returned to Beijing under an assumed name. When the new Emperor Lin Chiyuan bumped into me in the court hall, he accidentally knocked over the tea cup.
He grabbed my throat late at night and asked, "I saw you die with my own eyes!"
I smiled and put the dagger against his heart: "Your Majesty, does he know that that glass of poisonous wine has been swayed a long time ago?"
We worked together to investigate the Shen family's injustice, and he paved the way for me to become a powerful official.
When I finally became a highly respected minister, I found out the truth about the poisonous wine swap——
The man on the dragon chair lowered his eyes and smiled softly: "Ah Shang, I will never let you play alone in this chess game."
Mission: Country is better than home