Later.
She personally asked him whether he had approached her in the first place because he knew who she was.
But that man, who had always been sincere with her, lowered his head before her for the first time.
He said, "Zhaohua, I don't want to lie to you. I admit I had an ulterior motive when I first approached you, but I only wanted to uncover the truth behind the slaughter of my entire family.
"I swear, everything I ever did for you came from my heart. In this lifetime, my heart will belong to you alone, Princess."
She believed him, but not entirely, and all his military achievements were only enough to spare his life.
In the end, there could be no future between them.
And so.
With feelings and intentions she herself could not name, she personally prepared their wedding.
Her imperial brother truly was a capable emperor. He knew how to use talented people, and Great Yu was visibly improving, little by little.
Yet Chu Zhaohua felt as though she could never be happy again.
Over the next two years.
No one had expected the emperor of the Yue Kingdom to feign incompetence, stirring the surrounding kingdoms into restless ambition.
Several kingdoms joined forces to try to swallow Yue whole. At the time... reports of victory poured into the Yu Kingdom.
No one had expected the Flourishing Kingdom to be colluding with the Yue Kingdom. Their true target had always been the Yu Kingdom.
Nor had Chu Zhaohua expected her imperial brother to become greedy in his quest to expand his territory. Too many victories dulled his vigilance, leading him to pour far too many resources into the campaign against Yue. At that very moment, the Liang Kingdom chose to protect itself and stay out of