The Emperor Tricked Me into a Political Marriage, So I Slaughtered the Imperial Capital and Became Empress

On the day I came of age, snow blanketed the capital, and guests filled the hall.

An eight-hundred-mile dispatch brought word that my father and brothers had all fallen beyond Yanmen Pass!

When my mother heard the news, she coughed up blood and died of grief. I went from a daughter of the illustrious Zhou family to an orphan with no one left to rely on.

The emperor and empress immediately adopted me as their goddaughter, and I was bestowed the title of Princess Ping'an.

Three months later, I took the place of the empress's own daughter and boarded the bridal carriage bound for the northern deserts to marry for peace…