When he woke, Lu Jing, heir to the Duke of Dingguo, found himself lying in the bed of his sworn enemy, Xiao Qingyin, the reigning empress. Even more shocking, seven years had quietly passed. In the eyes of the world, he had become an incompetent emperor, notorious for his debauchery, yet he had lost every memory of those crucial seven years.
With urgent military reports and impeachment petitions on one side, and empty treasuries and layers of mystery on the other, he had to break out of a deadlock. He staked his life on raising five hundred thousand in military funds within seven days. From then on, he dealt with the inner court with an iron hand and launched a thunderous investigation into the imperial merchants. At the heart of a web of conspiracies, he struck without hesitation, raiding powerful estates by night and uncovering irrefutable evidence, sending shockwaves through the court.
Just as he cleared his name and reclaimed his authority, war flared again on the northern frontier. He volunteered to head to the border. Facing exhausted troops and arrogant generals, he earned their respect with his expertise and decisiveness. With enemy forces at the gates and obstruction from the court, he and the empress worked together from within and without, devising one ingenious strategy after another. They set Eagle Beak Pass ablaze and tricked the Royal Guard into a trap. In the end, he made victory through persuasion his guiding principle, defeating the enemy without a battle and forcing the Northern Di to bow and sue for peace.
His triumphant return was not the beginning of a peaceful age. A major corruption scandal erupted in Jiangnan, the grain transport routes were cut off, and disaster victims waited for food... The hidden hands behind it all had never stopped moving. What truth, and what deep feelings, lay buried in the depths of his lost memories?
See how Lu Jing, the amnesiac emperor, stages a comeback from the edge of the abyss, takes charge of the turbulent situation, cleans up the court, and joins forces with Empress Xiao Qingyin to repel foreign enemies. After resolving the misunderstandings of the past seven years, their love only grows stronger. In the end, they stand side by side, surveying the realm and ushering in a peaceful age.
