Empress Xie Yunxi loved Emperor Li Ming deeply, but on the eve of the palace coup, she suffered a series of betrayals such as her husband taking a concubine, her father being transferred away, and the military power in the capital being withdrawn. She thought that Li Ming was unlucky, but it wasn't until King Yong forced the palace and the imperial city burned with blood that she discovered that the so-called concubine and neglect were actually a dead end arranged by Li Ming to protect her and the Xie family's army.
Li Ming died in Tai Chi Palace and entrusted Xie Yunxi to Chu Yi, the commander of the secret guards, and left a last letter asking her to defend the world for him. Xie Yunxi woke up from the hatred of losing her husband, being abandoned, and being used, and took the twelve secret guards on the road to escape to the north.
She no longer only wants to be the queen of the deep palace, but wants to take revenge and seize power by leveraging the power of Xie Jiajun, the people's hearts in troubled times, and her own strategies. Along the way, she recruited refugees, established military regulations, seized food and salt, killed corrupt officials, fought against clans, broke rumors, defeated princes, and finally went from the "queen of the ruined country" to the founding empress.
And Chu Yi, the cold-blooded secret guard who was originally ordered to protect her, also broke his own rules again and again during the escape of life and death, changing from the emperor's sword to her sword and shield.
Chu Yi, the commander of the secret guards, was ordered to escort her out of the palace wall and handed her his last words: "I only escort, but don't obey."
The pursuers bite too hard, the evil spirits are hiding in the dark, and the old officials of the old dynasty all have their own evil intentions.
She thought she was the abandoned queen, until she discovered that Li Ming had made the last move on her.
What she wants is not to escape and ascend to heaven, but to dig out the plan that destroyed the imperial city from the grave and make a comeback.
