Eight-year-old Shen Jingwan was carried on the throne in a pool of blood and became the most unworthy little emperor in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Everyone in the court knew that she was just the most exquisite chess piece in the hands of the regent Xiao Changning, a puppet who would be replaced sooner or later.
Xiao Changning is a man of power and a cold-blooded misogynist. He taught her the art of power, forced her to practice martial arts, and polished her into a sharp knife. Everyone thought he was raising an obedient substitute. Only after dreaming back at midnight, when he looked at the increasingly bright little face on the pillow, and his fingertips brushed against the pulse on the side of her neck, did he realize in surprise that the knife had already been pressed against his own throat.
That night, she changed into women's clothes behind the screen, looked back and smiled softly: "Uncle, I'm tired of sitting on this dragon chair." The next day, she burned herself in the Golden Palace and "died" in front of his eyes. Xiao Changning bloodbathed the imperial city and searched the mountains and rivers before finding that figure in the mist and rain in the south of the Yangtze River. He pressed her against the wall, his breath hot and his voice hoarse: "Shen Jingwan, this country is a bet between you and me, you can't even think of escaping."
Later, the new emperor ascended the throne and the throne was left empty. The regent, who held all the power in the world, was willing to bow his head and tied the Nine Dragon Crown on her with his own hands in the eyes of the courtiers. "Your Highness," he whispered in front of thousands of people, took her hand and put it against his heart, "If you don't want to sit on this dragon chair... I can also make mountains and rivers on my lap."
