[Big-sister-energy Princess X Puppy-like General]
Everyone in the capital calls Princess Xiao Chengzhao lecherous, power-hungry, cruel, and brutal. She dismisses officials one day and has people beaten the next. The court fears her, the imperial clan hates her, and the whole city is waiting to watch her fall into the dirt and die a miserable death.
But on the night her imperial brother lay dying and the princes moved to seize the throne, she was the one who sealed the palace gates, took control of the edicts, seized the troops, and subdued the imperial clan. Beneath the bloodstained palace walls, she stepped over the weight of her infamy and claimed the throne.
The more wicked she seemed, the fewer dared to bully her; the more ruthless she was, the fewer could stop her.
Everyone says she doesn't deserve to sit at the top. Only Shen Yan, the god of war she personally hauled up from the stables, bows his head and grips his blade, gladly carving her a path to the throne.
He kneels on one knee at the hem of her skirt. His eyes are dark and burning, but his voice is low and almost reverent. “Your Highness was always the one who should sit there.”
