Tang Xiang clawed his way out of a refugee camp and became the top scholar.
As soon as his name became known, several princes vied to win him over.
In the eyes of others, he had no family, no weaknesses, and boundless ambition. He was destined to become the most powerful minister of the next generation.
But no one knew that he had once had a daughter.
Tang Xiang spent half his life scheming and striving, all so he could reach the top and find his daughter.
He chose the least promising candidate, the Seventh Prince, taught him how to seize power, helped him clear every obstacle, and finally saw him ascend to the throne.
Head of the officials, tutor to the emperor: Tang Xiang became a powerful minister of his age.
But then he learned that the servant girl who had warmed the Seventh Prince's feet, whom the prince had casually beaten to death years ago,
was the daughter he had spent half his life searching for.
And he had stood by and watched.
Tang Xiang went completely mad and died in a fit of rage.
Reborn, Tang Xiang slowly opened his eyes.
He understood one thing: no position as the most powerful minister could compare to the satisfaction of becoming emperor himself.
He would use the Seventh Prince's empire to repay his daughter.
A minister at the peak of his power is reborn, launches a rebellion, and becomes emperor, then raises his daughter to become an empress in her own right.
The male lead is a ruthless scholar, not an upright and kind-hearted character.
The male lead's story focuses on nation-building and rebellion.
The male lead has no romantic pairing. His daughter and a young guard are raised under his care, with a touch of healing and redemption.
Theme: Have an indomitable heart.
