Under the stormy sky in the late Ming Dynasty, a thunderstorm belonging to the southwest was about to explode.
In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, when the Ming Dynasty was on the verge of collapse amidst the wars outside the Pass and the rogue bandits in the Central Plains, the land of Shuixi in the southwest hinterland also ushered in its darkest moment. The Xuanwei envoy "died suddenly" during his inspection tour, and the Ming Dynasty general Wu Sangui stepped into the mansion with his iron hooves. A decree to "collude with bandits and plot evil" pushed the Shuixi'an clan, which had been dominant in the southwest for hundreds of years, to the edge of annihilation.
The seventeen-year-old girl Aguo was reduced from a boudoir jewel to a lamb waiting to be slaughtered overnight. The hidden knife mark on my father's jade pendant is a silent accusation of conspiracy. The blood of the family dyed the maple leaves red and ignited the never-extinguishing flame in her eyes. This is not the end of destiny, but the prologue to the birth of a generation of queens.
See how an orphan girl who was forced to grow up plays chess in a desperate situation between the blood and tears of her loved ones and the survival of her tribe. Watch her take off her skirt, put on her armor, and mediate between the cruel Ming generals, the chieftains with their own agendas, the fierce Yi tribe, and the rogue bandits waiting for an opportunity. See how she used her wisdom and courage as a spear, and her deep-rooted love for this land as a shield, to carve a way out for her people in the cracks of history, and eventually grew into the Queen of Shuixi who made the entire southwest tremble.
This is not a simple story about revenge, but a magnificent epic. It tells the story of a woman's tenacity, the backbone of a nation, and the fiercest collision between humanity and power, loyalty and betrayal, survival and dignity under the torrent of the times. Open this book and step into that war-torn world where heroes emerge in large numbers.
