After Failing to Assassinate the Tyrant

The Great Jin and the Yidi were at war, and all of Jin's generals were captured. The Yidi king, leader of the enemy forces, demanded that Jin send him a princess in exchange for sparing the generals. They say the Yidi king is cruel and violent, with a temper as unpredictable as the weather. No one in the Yidi, or even throughout the Great Jin, dares not fear him. Sang Ting is the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Works. To save her father from prison, she has no choice but to accept the royal family's offer: go as a princess and serve as bait while the imperial guards attempt to assassinate the Yidi king. But just as she reaches the Yidi king, she is struck by a hidden arrow. When she wakes again, two years have passed. Palace maids fill the room, each respectfully calling her Her Majesty the Empress. Still bewildered, Sang Ting sees a figure in bright yellow approach. His handsome face is etched with anxiety. She looks closer and realizes he is the very Yidi king she failed to assassinate! This is bad! Sang Ting trembles and cowers in the corner of the bed. Her voice shakes: