Before the High Priest died, he left me three divinations to help me avoid three calamities. On my wedding day, the reading told me to call off the marriage and wed a beggar. That choice helped me escape the rebel uprising led by my fiancé, Lu Shen, and the beggar turned out to be the imperial merchant Wang Su. After giving birth, I sought another reading. Its message was, “Smother the child.” I did not obey, but the warning made me wary enough to protect my baby. Later, I met Lin Chuan, and when I was lost and uncertain, I used my final divination. The answer was, “Burn the cellar.” There, I uncovered a false Empress Dowager and a conspiracy, and learned the truth behind Wang Su’s disguise and the High Priest’s faked death. In the end, with everyone’s help, I captured Lu Shen, put down the rebellion, and ascended the throne. I understood that the three calamities had been trials that helped me grow, and that I must spend the rest of my life protecting the realm and its people.
