A melodramatic tale of power, lust, and officialdom
A native protagonist gradually turns dark.
Jin Cuodao had led an ordinary, uneventful life... until one day, his face changed.
He gained a breathtakingly beautiful face, as if it were a poison distilled from the delusions and obsessions of all humanity. It was so exquisite it took your breath away, its beauty blurring the line between male and female, both lavish and decadent.
Then... he told a small lie.
For the first time, the high and mighty officials treated him warmly, patting him on the shoulder and promising:
"We're all transmigrators. Helping each other is only right."
"You can have anything you want..."
This so-called "helping each other" shackled Jin Cuodao for the rest of his life.
In time, he also came to understand that the stories about two people staying together for a lifetime were nothing but lies told to fool people.
In the world of officialdom, sincerity was thinner than paper and cheaper than a courtesan's smile.
So he climbed into the beds of more and more people, then reclaimed the throne.
A warm, beating heart full of sincerity had been boiled down to stone.
Theme: Are kings and nobles born to rule?
