Half the Empire

Childhood sweethearts, innocent love. For the sake of those eight words, she, a woman who feared no man, willingly became his wife, hiding her brilliance and yielding at every turn, all so she could be the perfect woman behind him.

When palace upheaval and the struggle for power finally drowned out their promise to hold hands, she endured the pain, let go, and stood proudly on her own. Alone, she faced the tangled web of love and hate, scheming for her family and power for herself.

When servants and family turn against one another, and childhood sweethearts part ways, who is the master of this deadly feast amid layers of conspiracy?

Clashing blades and thundering horses, scarlet blood staining the yellow sands. Beyond checkpoint after checkpoint, who will ultimately smile upon a flourishing world?

After weathering countless storms and counting every scar, who will finally overturn this chaotic world, and who will win whose enduring affection?