Holding the Sword to the World

At the beginning of the founding of the Great Xia Kingdom, there were two great ministers - Lin Xiaoyun, the Zhenguo Gong, and Ruan Mo, a giant in business. The two followed the late Emperor Lin in his dynasties, conquering the north and south, and made immortal contributions. Lin Xiaoyun was brave and good at fighting, and was granted the title of Grand Marshal of the country, guarding the southern border; Ruan Mo was good at business, controlled the world's wealth, and was as rich as the enemy. However, after the death of the first emperor, the second prince Lin Yiwen (renamed Jianwu after ascending the throne and known as Emperor Renzong in history), under the planning of his biological mother Yan Guifei, framed his eldest brother for rebellion and killed his brother to seize the throne. After he ascended the throne, he was violent, warlike and suspicious. In order to consolidate the imperial power, he even beheaded the entire Lin family on charges of "collaboration with the enemy and treason." Only the youngest son, Lin Xuefan, was rescued by a mysterious swordsman. The Ruan family was forced to donate sky-high wealth to prove their innocence. From then on, they became the court's purse and were squeezed. In the tenth year of Jianwu, Renzong fought for many years, the national treasury was empty, and the people were in dire straits. There are rumors in the world that the orphan of the Lin family has reappeared in the world with the ancestral Xueyue Sword, and the young master of the Ruan family has also secretly gathered heroes from the trade routes with the intention of resisting the tyranny. At the same time, the owner of the mysterious plum garden by the river, the "Blood Plum Fairy" Ji Ruyue, who betrayed her master twenty years ago, seems to have an ulterior deal with the court...