Flower Immortal City

Perhaps their different experiences had led to this.

In the Otherworlders' history, Lü Zhi had spent little time with Emperor Gaozu of Han. Aside from their outward relationship as husband and wife, they had communicated very little. Qi Ji, on the other hand, had stayed by Emperor Gaozu of Han's side ever since she appeared.

While Emperor Gaozu of Han was alive, Qi Ji had been able to defeat Lü Zhi, the first empress in Chinese history and a woman of astonishing methods, and win Emperor Gaozu of Han's exclusive favor. Her schemes and methods naturally could not be lacking. At least when it came to winning a man's heart, Lü Zhi was far inferior.

Emperor Gaozu of Han had even tried several times to make Qi Ji's son crown prince. If Qi Ji herself had not advised him against it, Emperor Gaozu of Han might have deposed the heir apparent in favor of the younger son!

Why had Qi Ji ultimately met with such a miserable fate?

Was Qi Ji a ruthless and inhuman woman?

Qi Ji was known as the Flower Immortal. Without even a trace of benevolence in her heart, she could never have won the plants' recognition. Moreover, judging from Qi Ji's usual words and actions, she was not a vicious woman to begin with.

The reason was very simple!

Qi Ji was a quintessential traditional Chinese little woman. For her man, she could give up everything and sacrifice everything. Not to mention her life—even an eternal infamy that would never fade, Qi Ji would accept without hesitation.

People were not grass or trees; how could they be without feelings?

If Qi Ji had been the woman of an ordinary man, she might have become a happy woman. Whether the love she received from him had