She once took a fatal blow to protect her family's honor. When she returned, she discovered that her cousin Ning Yao had taken everything from her. Her own family saw her as a thorn in their side and wanted her dead. Her wet nurse and the woman's daughter fought with their lives to give her a chance to escape. With nowhere else to turn, Luo Sheng made a blood pact with the regent: she would become his slave in exchange for a weapon of revenge. She helped him rise to power, and he promised her freedom through a faked death. But when he ascended the throne, what he offered her was not a commandery princess's seal, but the Empress's seal.
“Be my Empress, and the world will be yours.”
But before all the ministers, she defied him for the first time.
“This humble woman refuses.”
