[Official Version]
Since the late Eastern Han dynasty, relatives of the empress and eunuchs had meddled in government, local strongmen had risen to power, and the Han court had long been in decline. An age of chaos was taking shape.
Shen Zhourong was born into this era, where the strong preyed on the weak and human lives were treated like grass.
Everyone said that because she was a girl, she couldn't escape being sold or married off, her fate settled for a sum of money to help support her family.
But she was born rebellious and refused to believe in fate. With her teeth, she tore open a gap in this chaotic world, and through it glimpsed a different sky.
Beyond the crack lay another world.
She endured beatings and crossed blades, then made her way through the blood to that sliver of light, where she caught a glimpse of a divided realm, with rival warlords rising everywhere.
This was an age of heroes!
Unwilling to live a nameless life, she tied up her hair, held her head high, and entered the military camp. She used her brilliant mind as bait, earning the title of strategist and the admiration of thousands.
[In a Nutshell]
Basically, when I was down on my luck, I took in a little brat who seemed just as unfortunate as me because I felt sorry for him and thought it would be fun. But years later, I found out that, damn, he had all this power and influence.
If only I hadn't abandoned him back then!
Regretting it... scared... terrified... still refusing to learn my lesson...
A quirky heroine who flits through a hundred flowers without a single petal clinging to her x a sweet, innocent young man who later gains power and turns out to be a deceptively dark character
Four-year age gap, with the woman four years older.
[Setting] An alternate version of the late Eastern Han dynasty
Theme: Everything you see is an illusion.
