In the cold winter of the fifth year of Jianzhao's reign, Shen Zhiwei, a concubine in the cold palace, was on the verge of death due to hunger, cold and betrayal. She was once the founding empress of the country and fought alongside Xiao Che in blood. However, due to the conspiracy of Su Wanyi, the host of the "Emperor Immortality System", her achievements were wiped out and she was tainted as a spy of the previous dynasty. She was disowned by her parents and children, and suffered all kinds of humiliation. A strange and mysterious black peony with three golden stamens bloomed against the dead branches, igniting the spark of revenge in her heart. She discovered that the tampered rules of the world were rejecting falsehoods, and strange phenomena occurred frequently: the ink in the history library disappeared, and the solar eclipse on the altar revealed the wrath of the sky. Shen Zhiwei used his broken body as a blade, with the secret help of his loyal servants, to seize the key in the sea of death row. At the ceremony to sacrifice to heaven, he exposed Su Wanyi's crime of stealing the country and usurping the name, triggering a backlash from heaven and earth. Finally, at the cost of losing his soul, he cleansed away the evil atmosphere and rectified his own name.
Xiao Che recalled the blood oath, died in regret, and was buried in Jing'an Garden with Shen Zhiwei in their clothes. His son Xiao Jingyu carried the legacy of his parents. When he was in danger as a young man, he sharpened his sword in the northern frontier and killed the Di chieftain in formation, growing up to become a wise king. After he died, he inherited the legacy of "Zhaolie" with an iron fist, created a "prosperous age of Chenglie", and passed on his belief in protecting the country to future generations. In Jing'an Garden, the black peonies bloom in the cold weather every year, telling a forgotten legend of the founding of the country, a long song of the dynasty composed of blood, tears and protection. This is the desperate counterattack of those who rebel against fate, an epic of eternal loyalty, and a fierce collision between power, system and human nature on the edge of the abyss. ——"The Curse of Immortality"
