Chasing the Wind, Embracing the Moon

[*Female-Dominated World* *1vN* *Mindless Wish Fulfillment* *Wuxia World* *No Male-Male Shipping*] Xie Chizhao, the third young lady of the Xie family, was taken into the palace and doted on by her maternal aunt, the emperor, from the day she was born. The emperor personally named her Zhao, after the phrase “brilliantly radiant, without end.” She was raised in the palace for more than a decade, returning to the Xie family only when she was eleven. Outsiders joked that Third Miss Xie must have displeased the emperor and fallen out of favor! But before such rumors could even reach Xie Chizhao, the emperor’s gifts began pouring into the Xie estate, with little presents arriving every few days. The emperor even broke with convention and issued a decree making her a commandery prince when she was only eleven, a rank second only to a prince. Her title was “Zhaocheng.” On the day of her coming-of-age ceremony at sixteen, the emperor waved a hand and took charge of everything. She then issued a decree: the commandery prince would become a prince, with the title “Chen.” Xie Chizhao had known ever since she was old enough to understand that she was different. She possessed the wealth, power, and love that everyone else longed for, and was the most honored person in the land after her imperial aunt. All she wished for in this life was peace and prosperity, a world united as one, and her beloved and confidants by her side. Until one day. “Zhao’er,” the emperor said, taking her hand. “Would you like this throne?” Xie Chizhao’s eyes curved into a smile. She made no attempt to hide her ambition and desire. “If Aunt wants to give it to me, then of course I want it.” “Then I shall entrust it to you.” In the winter of the twenty-third year of the Dingqian reign, the emperor abdicated in favor of Prince Zhao. The following year, the dynasty’s name was changed to Mingqi, and history would remember the event as “Ming Zhao Ascending to the Throne.” Xie Wuyou always felt she owed Xie Chizhao, so when she said she wanted to go out and make her own way, she agreed. Afraid that others might bully or look down on her, she made her a prince...