[Revenge and growth + strong female lead + political intrigue + stand-in romance + palace and household intrigue]
She was the legitimate daughter of the Grand Chancellor of Great Yan, the most talented woman in the capital, and Emperor Yan's childhood sweetheart.
At her coronation as empress, the ever-loyal Prince Jingshuo suddenly rebelled. Six hundred thousand rebel soldiers descended on the capital, and the city gate's defenders betrayed their country and defected.
Her father, Yun Yuannan, and her brother, Yun Yaoze, fought to the death, vowing never to become traitors. But when the rebels' chains were locked around her limbs, her father and brother laid down their weapons to protect her and keep the Chancellor's residence safe.
Xiao Zhuoye, the legitimate son of Prince Jingshuo, was consumed by ambition. Just six months after the Jing dynasty was established, he murdered his father and seized the throne. As he smugly prepared to take his place as emperor, Xiao Zhuoming, the despised son of a concubine, led the imperial guards in killing him and became the second emperor of the Jing dynasty, Emperor Gaozong of Jing.
While Xiao Zhuoming purged the Crown Prince's remaining followers, he saw her. Yun Shuheng bore some resemblance to his dead beloved, so he held the entire Chancellor's residence hostage and forced her to become his consort.
As the enemy's consort, she dreamed countless times of the flames of war on the day of her coronation. Her beloved had died in her arms. She dreamed of wandering the capital of the old dynasty with her childhood sweetheart.
She resolved to restore Great Yan for her beloved, to restore it so the Yun family's loyal name would not be stained, and to restore it for the Great Yan she loved, even if she had to plunge into an unfathomable abyss.
Within a year of the empress's death, she used every means at her disposal to finally win her enemy's genuine affection. On the day he held a coronation ceremony for her, familiar flames blazed once more. She removed the jewels she despised from her hair and walked into the sea of fire.
“Third Brother, I'm coming to find you...”
