The World of Mortals Retreats

Yu Wanxi, a disciple of the declining Jianghu sect, went down to rescue his master and reached a deal with silk merchant Zhong Che. She was originally an orphan in the mountains, but after being hunted by her enemies, she discovered that she was an orphan who was saved by all the martyrs with their lives during the murder of the He family seventeen years ago. And Zhong Che's true identity is not an ordinary businessman, but one of the royal chess players - Zhao Qingheng, the second son of King Qi. In order to fulfill the agreement and repay the kindness, Yu Wanxi became more and more entangled with the fate of the palace under Zhao Qingheng's repeated binding; the two were also entangled and pulled repeatedly, and from the beginning of using each other, they gradually developed true love. But as the truth about He's unjust case is revealed, more and more people are involved in battlefield fighting and court party strife, and the sacrifices and debts are getting bigger and bigger... The historical setting structure of this book is from the Xining to Yuanfeng years of Shenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty (about 1068-1085), that is, the mid-Northern Song Dynasty on the eve of the advancement of Wang Anshi's reform and the reform of Yuanfeng's official system. The He Tingbi case can be seen as an allusion to the slander of famous generals in the party struggles of the Northern Song Dynasty (such as Di Qing, Yue Fei, etc.), While the battle between the Wangfu (main war) and the prime minister (maintaining harmony) reflects the fierce opposition between the reformists and the conservatives, and the warring and harmonious factions in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty. Core historical background: Confrontation between Song and Liao: Since the Alliance of Chanyuan (1005), Song and Liao maintained peace for decades, but the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun was always owned by the Liao State, which was the core hidden danger of border defense in the Northern Song Dynasty. Daizhou/Yanmen Pass: A strategic military town in the north of Hedong Road, one of the most critical lines of defense on the Song-Liao border. Xining Reform: During Wang Anshi's Reform, fierce party struggles formed between the reform faction (new party) and the conservative faction (old party) within the court.