In the year 373 of the Great Zhou calendar, Li Chengxu, the General Who Guarded the Pass, rebelled. He murdered the emperor and slaughtered the royal family in Ye City, leaving only the young prince, Li Zheng. That same year, Li Chengxu installed Li Zheng as emperor and appointed himself chancellor, taking control of the government.
The royal house weakened overnight, and the surrounding vassals seized the opportunity to gradually carve up the declining Great Zhou.
In the year 379, as war raged across the land, Li Zheng wiped out Li Chengxu and his remaining supporters in the capital, Ye City, in a single night, reclaiming power. That same year, the Great Zhou began internal reforms. In just two years, it had restored its strength and began to settle accounts with the vassals for all they had done over the years...
Far away, deep in the forests of the southern frontier, two figures, one large and one small, emerged from the mountains teeming with venomous insects and headed for the Western Regions.
"With my royal brother presiding over the court, why should I, a mere woman, worry about anything?"
"But you were never meant to wander the world."
The girl tilted her head and looked at the white hair at the man's temples. "Uncle, how did you get old again?"
"Call me by my name!"
The girl smiled. "I'll call you whatever I want. Got a problem with that?"
A faint smile appeared at the corner of the man's mouth. "...I wouldn't dare."
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Please do not imitate.
