After the emperor died, he passed the throne to the Crown Prince. Once the prince ascended the throne, the Empress Dowager, holding the late emperor’s Black Dragon Token, wanted her niece to become empress and tried to kill the woman who had yet to be formally crowned. To protect his wife and children, the emperor arranged for them, along with his elder sister’s family and the Grand Tutor, to meet the heroine on the road and take her in out of pity.
