The Wind and Clouds of the Qiande Era in the Great Liang

During the Qiande era of the Great Liang, the founding emperor Xiao Hong grew weary of governance in his later years, and the struggle for the position of crown prince surged beneath the surface. Prince Han, Xiao Ye, relying on the influence of his mother Consort Zhang Wanji and Grand Preceptor Zhang Jingshan, formed external alliances with the Kang Kingdom in the north and internally gathered court officials and the imperial guard, pressing forward step by step in his plot to seize the throne. Crown Prince Xiao Jin, honest and benevolent but weak, was repeatedly framed and plunged into danger. Shen Yifei, born into a poor family, was originally a compiler in the Hanlin Academy and concurrently served as the crown prince's study companion. In his early years, he studied under a reclusive master and learned the arts of observing people and reading their hearts, trace examination, and was deeply versed in the ways of deduction and strategy. When the Yellow River burst its banks, secret reports of corruption in disaster relief reached the emperor directly, and he was recommended for promotion to censor and traveled south with the Left Censor-in-Chief to Guang Prefecture to investigate. Using only the mold marks on granary walls and the strokes of account books, he unraveled the case layer by layer and exposed the corrupt prefect, but also touched the hidden hand behind Prince Han's faction. He bided his time, secretly preserved clues, and brought the case back to the capital, from then on becoming entangled in the vortex of court power. Facing round after round of framing and assassination by Prince Han's faction, Shen Yifei used wisdom as his blade, joined forces with the worthy scholars of the capital, dismantled false evidence, exposed traitors, cleared up old cases, won over wandering heroes and enemy assassins, and advanced step by step. Ultimately, in the palace coup, he turned the tide and helped the crown prince ascend the throne. As a humble scholar, he settled the winds and clouds of the court and safeguarded the stability of the Great Liang's realm. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Wind and Clouds of the Qiande Era in the Great Liang — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠