A domineering, ambitious gong × a brilliant, talented, beautiful shou
1. On this day, Xiao Pingyan won Yanzhou, standing just one step away from conquering the realm.
He turned down the banquet and entered his bedchamber. Lifting the curtain, he saw Jiang Xianying lying on the bed, the famed strategist who had once aided him and whose name had resounded throughout the land.
The drowsy beauty slowly opened his eyes. The movement made the chains rattle, and a flash of anger crossed his lovely face.
"Why didn't you kill me? I want you to kill me!"
Xiao Pingyan was used to it by now. He simply gathered the boneless-soft figure into his arms and stroked his hair again and again, speaking gently.
"What is it? Can't even bring yourself to hate me anymore?"
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2. A straight rainbow shone over the ramparts, and beacon fires descended upon the camps.
That year, a great general summoned the lords of the various provinces in the name of protecting the nation. After killing them all, he drowned the young emperor and proclaimed himself emperor.
During the coup, Xiao Pingyan watched his father die. When he fled through the night back to his fief in Xuzhou, even the Governor of Xuzhou had changed sides.
Forced to settle for the post of commandery governor, he swore to avenge this blood feud. Five years later, the renowned scholar Jiang Xianying, who had studied under a great Confucian master, chased after his carriage and offered his services.
He never expected that this decision to stay would earn him a heart-piercing sword a year later.
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3. When Jiang Xianying was ten, a rebellion broke out in Jing County, and he fled with his family to Wanling.
But because Xiao Ling, the Governor of Xuzhou, was suspicious, all the refugees who had come seeking shelter died in a great fire.
From then on, Jiang Xianying vowed to avenge this deep-seated hatred and offer justice to the souls of the dead.
Even after the Governor of Xuzhou died in the coup, he would make the son pay for the father's crimes.
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Political intrigue takes a back seat to the romance. A love-hate relationship with a touch of coercion.
One-on-one, both sexually inexperienced. Inspired by the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties, but mostly fictional, with inflated official ranks and currency.
Theme: Establish yourself, establish your destiny, establish your heart
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