The late emperor was obsessed with seeking immortality and died suddenly. In his final moments, only Li Changqing was at his side.
Who was Li Changqing? Slender and graceful, she was the eldest daughter of the powerful Li family, and the unattainable beauty everyone in the imperial capital longed to win.
The Li family held more power at court than any other family in the Southern Hua Kingdom. Having earned the late emperor's deep trust, Prime Minister Li Kun held the court in the palm of his hand.
When the late emperor passed away, he left behind an imperial edict naming his successor. But since he had not decided whom to appoint, the space for the new emperor's name was left blank.
Li Changqing had already made a pact with the reigning emperor's fourth son. She would secure his throne, and in return he would make her empress and grant her family generations of prosperity. But after the fourth prince successfully ascended the throne, he suddenly went back on his word and named the younger daughter of the Su family as empress instead.
The strong-willed Li Changqing was furious. She immediately persuaded her father to secretly help the sixth prince, who was stationed at the border, raise an army and depose the new emperor.
And so began a storm in the imperial capital, a struggle between the three great families and the imperial throne...
Theme: Before one wave has settled, another rises
