After the Redemption Target Went Wrong

In the first year of Yongping, Xie Yuantian, a grand secretary of the cabinet, was convicted and imprisoned. Once a figure as pure as snow and as radiant as the moon, celebrated throughout the capital, he had now become a prisoner. Though tortured until his flesh was torn and bloodied, he refused to confess. Ten days later, Prince Zhao rebelled. His army, swift as thunder, reached the capital in three months and besieged it for seven days until the emperor surrendered. Covered in blood and filth, Xie Yuantian, in the frigid depths of the prison, met Sheng Chiji again after years of separation. Those dark, inscrutable eyes fixed on him as Sheng Chiji lifted his chin, his expression unread...