He was precocious and intelligent, possessed superb medical skills, and had a cold and ruthless personality.
Having grown weary of court intrigues and worldly desires, he saw through the true nature of human nature early on and turned to Buddhist practice.
Everyone thought he was noble, self-possessed, and arrogant.
But no one knew that he had a lover.
This secret yearning clashed with his years of ascetic practice of Buddhism, making him increasingly resistant to worldly affairs and averse to women's intimacy.
Especially the women sent by the emperor.
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The emperor never gave up trying to persuade him to return to secular life and take over the country.
Therefore, he sent one woman after another to the Buddhist temple to test his son, who was practicing asceticism and purifying himself, in an attempt to pull him back to the mortal world.
But they all failed without exception.
Until he found Shen Zhiyi.
A frail but stunningly beautiful woman.
Female lead character: The concubine's daughter of the Prime Minister's family, destined to be a wicked woman who brings disaster to the country.
On the surface, she is a scheming, delicate, and innocent girl; in reality, she is an ambitious and "bad" woman.
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Shen Zhiyi has loved power and money since she was a child.
The possessions that those literati and poets scorned were precisely what she painstakingly pursued and used to secure her livelihood.
To achieve what she wanted, she learned everything and became proficient in everything.
Although she was a concubine's daughter in the Prime Minister's household.
However, she concealed her talents and relied on her "acting skills" to secure a place for herself in the mansion, where she lived a fairly comfortable life.
But she was soon of marriageable age.
She didn't want to marry those good-for-nothings.
They don't want to become victims of power struggles.
Therefore, she has to strive for it herself and reach the very top.
The prince, who hid in a Buddhist temple and ignored worldly affairs, became her only target of interest.
If we can bring him down from his pedestal and make him kneel at our feet.
That must be a very interesting thing...
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