The Grand Princess Refuses to Be Made a Prince

[Ensemble Cast / Slow-Burn Plot / Court Intrigue and Warfare]

So what if I am a woman?

The emperor's sash binds my sleeves, yet I am second to none beneath the heavens.

A princess can don armor and lead the troops.

She commands the army against foreign enemies, quells internal rebellions, and wins the name of Princess An Ding across the land.

Zhao Xi thought this was how her Crown Prince brother showed his approval of her. She never knew that when a subject's achievements surpass the ruler's, the subject is discarded once their usefulness is spent. It has always been so.

What does it matter if he is her own brother? An emperor's heart is the cruelest of all.

Only after falling from a princess with an army at her command to a prisoner condemned by all did Zhao Xi understand: power is safest in her own hands.

"Elder Brother, you've calculated everything under heaven. Dare you wager against me one more time?"

In the thirteenth year of Changyuan, General Mo Qingshan, a loyal and valiant commander, was accused of colluding with the enemy and betraying his country. The emperor was furious.

After the Mo family case, the emperor changed the era name to Zhengde, hoping to put the nation back on the right path.

In the tenth year of Zhengde, the emperor died. The Crown Prince was stranded on the northern frontier, Prince Li plotted a rebellion, Prince Xuan raised an army, the regional princes stirred with ambition, and the great clans used their power for personal gain.

As the realm lay shattered and the people suffered, one rider cut down the enemy, captured a rebel prince amid a thousand troops, and quelled the chaos in bloodstained silver armor.

The age of turmoil arrives, the winds of change rise, and through the endless night, all await Zhaogui's return.

Guard the realm, secure the state, and at dusk return home alone.

There's a CP, everyone! There really is a CP!

"Liu Huaiqing, am I going to die?"

"Your Highness, don't worry. I'm here."