The Crown Prince Abandoned Me as the Nation Fell and My Family Perished, Then Returned After I Took the Reins of Power

When the enemy forces breached the imperial palace, the Crown Prince tried to flee with his concubine. I clung tightly to him. “The Emperor is dead. You're the Crown Prince and the ruler of this country. How can you run away like a coward?” He quickly took off his imperial robe and threw it over a disfigured corpse. “He's the Crown Prince. Consider him a martyr.” He shoved me away. “You're the Crown Princess. Stay behind with the child.” Just after they escaped the palace through a secret passage, Prince Nan arrived with reinforcements. His thirty thousand cavalrymen fought ten to one, driving back the enemy and saving the Great Yi Kingdom. After the battlefield was cleared, Prince Nan asked me, “Where is the Crown Prince?” Holding my three-year-old son, I pointed to the corpse in the imperial robe. “The Crown Prince died for his country.” Three days later, my son was enthroned as the new emperor. And I became the Empress Dowager, ruling from behind the curtain. Three years later, Xiao He returned with his concubine. “You wretch, I'm back. It's time to give me the throne.” The assembled officials were too frightened to speak. After all, he was the first person ever to speak that way to the Empress Dowager, who held power over the entire court.