The Whole Capital Wants Me to Get Ahead

About this Book

Born into poverty, the upright censor Xie Wei enters the treacherous court of Great Jing with one ambition: to uphold the law. Su Mian, heir to the Duke Who Guards the Realm, seems content to idle his days away—yet behind his careless smile lies a vast commercial network and an unerring eye for the capital's schemes. A dispute in the marketplace brings them together. Suspicion becomes solidarity; through bitter wind and snow, solidarity becomes love. Powerful ministers, ambitious princes, and public condemnation close in, but Xie Wei wields his remonstrances like a blade while Su Mian shields him through trade: one in the court's bright halls, the other in the city's shadows. The whole capital watches Xie Wei rise and fall. Who will discover the man standing behind his every step—and what will they risk to keep walking together?