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Su Ye, a “street-smart strategist” in the imperial city, is kidnapped by Empress Ye Zhao (who just ascended the throne) to suppress a rebellion. His ruthless trick of burning the grain mountain to force rebels to surrender solves the crisis, but Ye Zhao scolds him for “being too vicious and unconventional”. Yet no one knows Ye Zhao secretly erases cinnabar from impeachment papers against him at night. Su Ye thinks he’s just a “useful pawn” until an assassination—Ye Zhao uses a dagger (carved with the wooden figure he gave her years ago) to block the knife for him. Turns out their “unconventionality” has long been a tacit understanding hidden in each other’s hearts.
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