Peace and Prosperity

This novel officially goes premium on April 24, 2026, with three chapters released that day. It is first published on Jinjiang Literature City. Please do not repost it. Thank you for supporting the original. 【I take one or two days off each week, but I won’t post a leave notice. I’m getting old and can’t write as much anymore.】 The Chen Kingdom, ruled by the Helan clan. Since ascending the throne, the new emperor has ignored state affairs and devoted himself entirely to alchemy, hoping to ascend to immortality. Extravagance is rampant in court, while beyond its walls, the vast land is steeped in decay. Tyranny, heavy taxes, cruel officials, and natural disasters have made life unbearable for the people of Chen. Across the broad land, burial grounds stretch farther than the villages. Yet amid the royal family’s debauched existence, a pair of cool eyes watch it all. Helan Qing is the seventh princess of Emperor Tianrui. Frail and sickly from childhood and unable to walk properly, she spends more than half of every year meditating and praying at temples. Having witnessed too much of the people’s suffering, Helan Qing resolves to do something for them. She doesn’t know her parents and has no name or family. She lives alone in an abandoned dog hole in a mass grave, often turning vicious when fighting for a scrap of food. The beggars who know her both hate and fear her, and only dare call her “mad dog” behind her back. Then she meets Helan Qing, who saves her life, leads her out of the dog hole, and gives her a name: Yan Chi. In the years that follow, Yan Chi becomes the sharpest and most loyal blade in Helan Qing’s hand, personally clearing every obstacle in her path to the throne as empress. Helan Qing: “Yan Chi, together we’ll bring peace and prosperity back to this land.” Yan Chi: “As you command.” A princess pretending to be sickly and unable to walk × a ruthless, murderous eunuch with the personality of a white phosphorus bomb. Also known as 《The Eunuch of Nine Thousand Years Has Spent Yet Another Night in His Majesty’s Bedchamber》 The message: A princess deep in the palace and a lone-wolf shadow guard pledge their hearts and lives to each other. Side by side, they tear down the rotten court and bring peace and prosperity to the land.