Before the High Priest died, he left me three divinations to help me avoid three calamities. On my wedding day, the reading made me call off the wedding and marry a beggar instead. That choice helped me escape the rebel uprising led by my fiancée, Lu Yan, and the beggar turned out to be Wang Su, an imperial merchant. After I had a child, I consulted the oracle again. It said, “Strangle the child.” I did not obey, but the warning made me vigilant enough to protect my child. As life gradually settled down, I met Lin Yi. When I was lost and uncertain, I performed my final divination. The reading said, “Burn down the cellar.” Then I discovered the conspiracy between the fake Empress Dowager and Lu Yan in the cellar, and uncovered the truth about Wang Su’s disguise and the High Priest’s faked death. In the end, with help from those around me, I captured Lu Yan, quelled the rebellion, and ascended the throne. I finally understood that the three calamities had been lessons in growing up, and that for the rest of my life, I must protect the realm and its people.
