As a princess sent away for a political marriage, Xu Xi had expected to die far from home. But on the eve of her wedding, a glowing screen suddenly appeared in the night sky:
[Hello, everyone! Welcome to the live stream from the ruins of the Jiu Xu Palace Museum.]
[The most popular of the four empresses, Emperor Xi, was born Xu Xi. She spent the first half of her life ending wars and the second half bringing peace and prosperity. She was a true all-rounder among emperors...]
Xi... what? Emperor Xi??? Xu Xi stared in disbelief at the red wedding gifts covering the floor. The moment the sky screen revealed her name, it shattered the palace's superficial calm. Her father could no longer let her live.
She fled in panic, but they cornered her at every turn. Hatred filled her heart. Why should they get to control her life?
She raised her curved blade against the emperor, her figure gradually overlapping with the woman on the sky screen.
Everything was drenched in sticky red. The stability of the past, the fate laid out for her, it was all an illusion.
The capital was gripped by fear. Refugees at the border were starving and freezing. The sky screen hung overhead, naming her as the one who could bring peace to a chaotic age.
She stared at her pale, delicate hands, yet had no choice but to grip the hilt before her.
Sky screen, oh, sky screen, if I am not up to this task, please bless me so I can save the people and bring peace to the land.
Zhao Jingshuo didn't believe in some lofty heavenly will. The sky screen was nothing but nonsense. Otherwise, how could his parents have been burned alive in that fire?
When he accidentally rescued Xu Xi that day, he only wanted to tease the so-called empress. He deliberately showed her a mangled mass of flesh, deliberately tried to frighten her.
Xu Xi couldn't bear to look and turned away, but then asked him, "Will you teach me how to use a blade? The sky screen says that only a blade in your own hands can save people."
He looked into her earnest eyes and suddenly thought of the heavens' words, "the emperor's star." His heart gave an involuntary shudder.
Theme: Break free of restraints and grow anew
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