The Mandate of Heaven

One is ruthless, the other soft and calculating. One schemes for power, the other indulges her. She fights for the throne; he fights only for her heart. Ten years ago, she ruled the realm. Ten years later, she has only him. ***An alternate-universe version of Lurk*** She said coolly, “I bought you for two hundred thousand taels. A little overpriced.” He smiled gently. “Sorry about that. I was a bit expensive.” She is a treacherous minister with plenty of experience in office politics, but a hopeless romantic who keeps failing at love. She has been an emperor, a spy, a powerful minister, and a prince. Her road to love is fraught with hardship. The people she loves either kill her or don’t love her back... Only when she looks back does she realize there has always been a web of love beside her, woven wide and waiting for her to fall into it. The one holding the net smiles faintly. “You are a hopeless romantic. I am a master of love.”