The history books say: The late emperor of the Kingdom of Li was incompetent and tyrannical, and the people were full of grievances. After the emperor’s third daughter ascended the throne, she changed the era name to Lanyuan. From then on, men farmed and women wove, and the kingdom stood firm.
And yet… no one ever knew that the empress they revered had taken the throne against her will, forced to shoulder a responsibility that was never meant to be hers.
In the sixth month of the fifth year of Lanyuan, Li Qinglan, empress of the Kingdom of Li, died in the imperial palace of the Kingdom of Ye, becoming an unsolved mystery. In the eighth month of that year, the heir to the Kingdom of Li succeeded to the throne and changed the era name to Nianlan in memory of their great empress, Li Qinglan.
Meanwhile, on another continent, the sky grows ever more crimson. This remarkable spectacle catches the attention of numerous powers.
