From living one day at a time, at the mercy of others, to holding power over all beneath the heavens and waking with beauties in your arms: just what effort and sacrifice does it take?
Being a study companion to the Crown Prince in the Eastern Palace should have been a promising job, but Liu Mian detested it. He came from more than a thousand years in the future and knew that before long, a deadly political storm and catastrophic disaster would descend upon the Eastern Palace. The one who would bring them about was the only woman in Chinese history to become emperor: Wu Zetian.
For the sake of survival and his ideals, Liu Mian began to immerse himself in that turbulent, sweeping era. Without hesitation, he embarked on a rugged path rife with tangled affections, schemes and betrayals, the fiery spirit of men, and love and hate intertwined.
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