Securing the Frontier

[Announcement] This novel will switch to paid chapters on Monday, October 14. The chapters affected are 19 through 52. If you've already read them, please don't buy them again. If you're reading this for archaeological research, don't buy it x [Blurb] After a splendid and glorious dynasty fell, someone discovered a book buried among the ashes. Opening it slowly, they found the story of young emperors inside: "It began on the fifteenth day of the sixth month in the seventh year of Emperor Jinqing's reign, on Princess Fenghua's birthday. The Empress Dowager fled with Emperor Ming, while Prince Wen, gentle and refined, went boating on Yuexin Lake with his younger sister. It ended on the fifteenth day of the sixth month in the first year of Emperor Jinping's reign, on the anniversary of Princess Fenghua's death. Emperor Ming deposed Jin and established Han, while Prince Wen refused to bow to the usurper." He closed the book and brushed the dust from its title page. There, in elegant yet unconstrained calligraphy, were the words: "Across rivers and mountains, contesting for all under heaven; sitting across the water, gazing at one another, entrusting gratitude and vengeance to the river. Its name is Conquer the Frontier." Theme: Roam across the land and vie for all under heaven.