Chaos in the Clouds

In the eighteenth year of the Weili reign of the Jingyun era on the Huaxia Continent, Crown Prince Baili Tianjiao successfully staged a coup. He forced his father, Baili Yi, to abdicate, honored him as the Retired Emperor, and proclaimed himself emperor under the reign title Jiaohong. Any of his father's ministers who harbored disloyal intentions and had offended him were beheaded, their entire families executed.

On the fourth day of the second month of the first year of the Jiaohong reign, on the second floor of Taibai Tower in the capital, two young men sat facing each other at a window table, drinking.

The man across from him wore blue robes. He had delicate eyebrows, willow-leaf eyes, a ** nose bridge, and very thin lips. Most striking of all, his eyes were different colors, one red and one blue. Combined with his long, silvery-white hair, he seemed to be surrounded by a faint mist, lending him an air of mystery. The man smiled gently as he filled Baili Tianjiao's cup, then helplessly shook his own. "The three provinces and six ministries each have their own responsibilities and duties. If Your Majesty has any concerns, you can ask them directly. Why ask us about everything? If..."

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.