The Prince Is a Jerk

Story Background:

Half a year ago, Emperor Demao fell gravely ill. At Empress Chou Yin’s command, Ninth Prince Jin Ni set out for Guangfu Temple, a hundred li away, to meet its abbot, Master Fengdeng, at this most critical moment. How could Chancellor Zha Pu, who had long been colluding with the Imperial Guard, pass up this perfect chance to secretly assassinate Jin Ni? Thus began a fierce power struggle within the imperial family.

Story Outline:

Seventeen years ago, Prince Duan Hua Chi, driven by political ambition, meticulously devised a plan to achieve three goals with one move. Yun Chaoci, the woman he loved most, became a pawn on his board, and he sent her to Emperor Demao as a consort. As fate would have it, border unrest broke out at Qinglu Pass, and Emperor Demao led his troops on a punitive expedition. Empress Chou Yin took advantage of his absence to seize Jin Ni, the son Yun Chaoci had given birth to at the same time as the empress’s own child. Yun Chaoci fled in panic with her Fifth Uncle, Yun Diao. When they were ambushed along the way, they were rescued by Three Thousand Peach Blossoms of Huicui Island, and she went into hiding under an assumed name.

Once her son Jin Ni had grown up healthy and strong, Yun Chaoci decided to fight her way back into the palace and exact her revenge.