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Gu Zhao, a poor scholar who studied diligently for ten years, finally became the top scholar in the imperial exam. His first thought was to find Gu Wanzhao, the sister who raised him—she had sold herself as a maid to the Northern Town Marquis Mansion just to fund his studies. But when he rushed into the mansion with the good news, he saw Wanzhao in a luxurious crimson palace dress, kneeling before the Empress Dowager, while the Northern Town Marquis pointed a sword at her and shouted: "Gu Wanzhao, you've lied to me for five years! You're the orphan of the late General Pingyuan?" It turns out Wanzhao had hidden her identity to infiltrate the mansion and clear her wrongfully executed family's name. Gu Zhao's path to success was all paved by her—she exchanged her dowry for silver and risked her life to steal military reports to secure support for him. Now her identity is exposed, and the palace intrigue engulfs them: the marquis wants to silence her, the Empress Dowager wants to use her, and even the new emperor forces Gu Zhao to choose between the kingdom and her. To his shock, Gu Zhao realizes his feelings for Wanzhao have long transcended sibling love...
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