[The complete story is finished. Please add my other novel, "How to Deal with a Younger Brother Obsessed with You," to your reading list.]
Sang Luo opened a tavern in Qingzhou City and made a simple living.
Her wish was simple: to pay off her debts as soon as possible and see the man she loved pass the imperial examinations.
Later, her tavern was destroyed, and the man she loved married someone else.
Someone paid off her debts for her, but dragged her into a storm of bloodshed.
Luo Chang'an, the notorious scheming, cold-blooded minister.
He relied on the Imperial Preceptor's faction, usurped imperial authority, and manipulated the court.
People called him vile and duplicitous.
They also condemned him for betraying his former master, marching on the capital, and attempting a rebellion.
But when the new emperor eventually took the throne, Luo Chang'an was left with nothing, mocked by the world.
Luo Chang'an spent his whole life plotting. He lay low under Dong Huai, bore the world's slander, and secretly supported the new emperor. At last, the time came to bring the age of chaos to an end.
He had calculated everything, but never imagined that anyone would truly love him and walk beside him along that rough, thorn-strewn road.
[Something went missing in the old imperial city. Someone lost their head over it, and someone lost their heart.]
2024.12.22
Theme: Rise from despair and grow together.
