This is a story of a peerless imperial princess and a noble young master's powerful comeback.
The female lead, Jiang Xinwei, is a princess of the Yu Kingdom, where women are revered.
Jiang Xinwei was born out of wedlock. From birth until adulthood, she was mediocre. Her daily routine consisted of walking dogs, playing with birds, and riding horses through the streets.
Everyone thought she was destined to be a peaceful and content princess, with no ambition to rule the world.
Actually, it wasn't that she lacked ambition, but rather that the Crown Princess of Yu had already firmly held the position of heir apparent for nineteen years.
His Majesty the Emperor had only been on the throne for twenty years, and the Crown Princess had served as Crown Princess for nineteen years.
Finally, the emperor grew old and weak. The crown princess thought she had made it through, but little did she know that the older she got, the more obsessed she became with immortality.
His Majesty the Emperor ordered a search for the elixir of immortality.
Enraged, the Crown Princess raised an army in rebellion.
The Emperor of Yu was powerful, but the Crown Princess, having held the position for so long, also possessed considerable strength.
However, rebellion is not easy. Due to betrayal, the Crown Princess was defeated and fled, and soon died far from home.
With the Yu Kingdom suddenly without a crown prince, many princesses began to stir with ambition.
Not long after, the emperor fell seriously ill and died suddenly, without having a chance to formally pass on the throne.
Suddenly, the entire Yu Kingdom was leaderless, and every court official wanted the supreme merit of supporting the new emperor, each supporting their own favorite princess.
The entire kingdom of Yu was in chaos.
The princesses fought each other, resulting in countless deaths and injuries.
The female lead, Jiang Xinwei, is born out of wedlock and is the least powerful among them. But no matter how powerless she is, she is still a princess, and thus a source of support for her rivals.
Jiang Xinwei was forcibly recruited by the various princesses, but when their attempts to win her over failed, she was ambushed by them and forced to flee the capital, beginning a journey of escape.
Once, when she encountered a crisis, she was rescued by the male protagonist, Xiao Ling.
Xiao Ling was a son of a noble family but born out of wedlock. His mother had passed away long ago, but he was proficient in all the arts, including music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.
He was sent to the countryside to live on a few acres of barren land simply because he was ostracized by his family.
He accidentally saved the female lead, and the two fled together, developing feelings for each other along the way.
Before long, the bloody battle of Kyoto was nearing its end. Several princesses were either dead or wounded.
The late emperor's sister, Prince An, used an iron fist to rectify the court, imprisoning or killing several princesses.
Finally, she supported the Crown Princess's daughter to succeed to the throne, and she herself became regent.
Jiang Xinwei was naturally dissatisfied with this. Regent? To put it nicely, it was out of pity for the young new emperor and to help him handle state affairs; to put it bluntly, it was to use the emperor to command the princes.
Enraged, Jiang Xinwei recruited troops and marched back to the capital.
Xiao Ling was exceptionally intelligent and offered her advice and strategies along the way.
Ultimately, they used a scheme to trick the regent into opening the palace gates, and then massacred the court.
The new emperor, who had only been on the throne for a few months, was also executed.
The regent was imprisoned.
Jiang Xinwei successfully ascended the throne. On the day of her coronation, she named Xiao Ling as Empress.
After ascending the throne, Jiang Xinwei swiftly rectified the court with an iron fist, ruthlessly eliminating dissidents, successfully recovering occupied territories, attacking foreign countries, and expanding the territory.
As the first emperor in Chinese history, she and Emperor Xiaoling lived a happy and peaceful life together, a truly remarkable story.
They never wronged anyone in their lives, except for the regent.
Regent Jiang Yun is the late emperor's younger sister.
She stood up for the country of Yu amidst its turmoil, and she did nothing wrong.
The reason for choosing the Crown Princess's daughter as emperor was that the late emperor actually felt a lot of guilt after the Crown Princess's death, but he couldn't say it out loud.
She claimed she had never harbored any disloyalty towards the Yu Kingdom, yet Jiang Xinwei executed her for treason.
After Jiang Xinwei ascended the throne, she engaged in rampant killings and years of warfare. She was ambitious and loved to make a name for herself. After her death, the national treasury was empty, and soon there was widespread turmoil, and the Yu Kingdom was in grave danger.
If we're talking about traitors and villains, Jiang Xinwei is the biggest villain of all.
Her wish was to set things right, restore the glory of the Yu Kingdom, and ensure that Jiang Xinwei could never become emperor.
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