As the princess of the Xifeng Empire, when had Chu Ning ever suffered such humiliation?
From childhood onward, she had been doted on by her parents, protected by her brothers, and fawned over by the ministers. Whatever she wanted, she got. The whole world was hers to take and demand. She knew neither sorrow nor hardship.
Some time ago, she had overheard her brothers chatting. They said that Cui Zhao Ren of the Cui Clan had actually been killed by an unknown nobody from Jiangnan City, and that the fellow named Li Mu Yang had been admitted to Starry Sky Academy for ranking first in the Xifeng Literary Examination. Even the Cui Clan was powerless against him. The Cui Clan patriarch, Cui Xichen, ran to Imperial Father every day to complain, leaving Imperial Father deeply troubled by the matter.
Chu Ning knew Cui Zhao Ren, and she had held an exceptionally favorable impression of him.
Cui Zhao Ren was not only handsome and extraordinarily skilled, but also thoughtful and extremely kind to her. He was one of the outstanding youths of Sky Capital, deeply trusted and cherished by her father.
Whenever Cui Zhao Ren returned from an assignment, he would linger briefly in the palace after reporting in, have someone deliver a gift to her, or bring those gifts over personally. They were either pearls from the North Sea or strange, fresh treasures from the south. Every time, they filled her with pleasant surprise.
At times, Chu Ning had even thought that when she came of age and chose a husband, marrying Cui Zhao Ren would not be a bad choice.
But Cui Zhao Ren had actually been killed by Li Mu Yang with a single sword stroke.
Before Chu Ning had even had time to go find Li Mu