The Legend of Jiuning

Ji Lei was once a special forces soldier. During a mission, a thunderstorm rolled in, and a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky. He lost consciousness. When he woke up, another bolt from the blue awaited him: he had become a woman. Whether from pain or shock, he cried out, “Ah...”

The original owner of this body was only nine years old, yet had already lost both parents. Her father had been the mighty Prince of Nanjiang, but three years ago, when the emperor abolished the system of regional princes and ordered his family to return to the capital, they were ambushed on the way. Her father died protecting her pregnant mother. Five months after being brought back to the capital, her mother gave birth to twin boys and died in childbirth!

To appease the people, the emperor bestowed the title of Princess Commandery on Ji Jiuning, who was only six at the time. But fate had other plans. Though she was a princess, she had no reliable people around her, and life grew harder by the day. Again and again, she was secretly set up and framed, and she nearly lost her life several times!

Three months ago, a fire broke out at the Princess Commandery's residence. Ji Jiuning was horribly disfigured while saving her two younger brothers, her body covered in blisters. She crawled out of the flames, but had no time to worry about the pain. Suppressing her hatred, she took her brothers and slipped away from the capital, hiding among a den of beggars!

She had no money and was covered in burns. A horrific red gash on her face had festered and was oozing yellow pus! Her two younger brothers were crying from hunger...