In the seventy-eighth year of the Xiao reign, Xiao Jingshen, the Seventh Prince of the Xiao Kingdom, led eight hundred elite soldiers from his estate in a massacre at the imperial palace. With thunderous decisiveness, he killed his elder brother and father, then claimed the throne.
Three years passed like petals drifting downstream. Xiao Jingshen conquered five of the six remaining kingdoms, sparing only the Su Kingdom and ending the era of seven kingdoms standing side by side.
In the eighty-first year of the Xiao reign, Xiao Jingshen finally turned his sights on the Su Kingdom. After massacring its imperial palace, he forced its emperor, Su Jin, to become his favored consort.
