Travelers who have been to the Mingxia Empire have brought back what they have seen and heard - there is a rich and beautiful country on the other side of the sea, a peaceful and rich country with gold everywhere. The walls of the palace are red, and the roofs are golden. When the sun is bright, it looks like a golden palace complex. The palace in Shanbei County has a large courtyard, in which various trees and flowers are planted, and various rare animals are raised.

  The current emperor has only one daughter, a girl named Jasmine, who is in her prime and has a charming appearance.

  Kahn looked around greedily. After he got off the boat in Lanhai Town, he was picked up by the people sent by Emperor Mingxia and put into a carriage. He didn't even have the time to observe the lives of the subjects around him before he was sent to the palace.

  This tall red wall was like a fortress separating the palace from the world outside. Kahn thought that even in Elima, he could not see such magnificent buildings - they were not high, but they were layered and spread out.

  Then he met the woman who would become his wife.

  She was a petite and beautiful oriental girl, with golden flowers on her brows and cheeks, and rouge on her lips, like cherries. Her hair was tied into a high bun, with a few peonies just picked from the courtyard inserted in it; she was wearing a red skirt, her waist was very slim, and she wore a gold string necklace on her chest, which was decorated with red gems.

  Kahn was almost stunned. He had never seen such a beautiful girl before. She seemed like she walked out of a picture album. He even forgot to greet her and just stood in front of Jasmine in a daze.

  Then someone pushed him and reminded him carefully not to forget the etiquette. So he bowed and said to the oriental girl, "Hello, I am Kaan Fumer from Elima."

  The girl just bowed slightly but didn't say anything - Kahn thought she was a little cold, but the emperor and queen of Mingxia were particularly enthusiastic.

  During the few days Kahn was in the palace, he attended banquets every day. The fine wine and delicious food at the banquets made Kahn praise them endlessly, and the enchanting dancers and exotic music made him so intoxicated that he didn't know where to go.

  He almost fell in love with the palace, which was so grand, luxurious and unique. The young Kahn Fumer was particularly excited when he thought that this palace might belong to him in the future.

  Seeing that the time of this visit was almost over, he begged the Emperor of Mingxia to bring Princess Jasmine back to Elima to complete the wedding ceremony there, and then complete the wedding ceremony here in Mingxia.

  The emperor agreed very readily, which surprised Kahn a little, but the emperor told him that he hoped Elima would not forget her friendship with Mingxia.

  Jasmine was awakened by the strong wind outside the inn window.

  Everything is good in Mingxia Continent, except the wind season that starts every spring, which seems to blow everything away.

  She will board a ship to Elima tomorrow. The town of Lanhai has been so quiet lately that it is terrifying - the emperor has ordered a curfew, so all the night markets that were once bustling have been banned.

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  The Elima man, Jasmine stood up, pulled up her clothes, and her face in the mirror was so pale. She saw the man she was about to marry, and she no longer resisted. After crying, fasting, and trying to commit suicide, but to no avail, she finally stopped resisting.

  Ah Jin died after all, and his body disappeared.

  When Jasmine heard that General Alan had rebelled, she didn't seem that sad or angry. Her father's anxious look didn't seem that pitiful to her.

  She watched as Ah Jin was pierced by a hail of arrows, then fell heavily to the ground, blood all over the floor. He seemed to die with his eyes open, but his hand was still stretched out towards Jasmine.

  However, they were soon separated, and Jasmine didn't even get to touch Jin's hand before his body was taken away.

  Nightmares always haunted Jasmine, endless nightmares. The look in Jin's eyes before he died, and the blood on the ground, seemed to devour her. She was only sixteen years old, and she didn't know how dangerous the world was, but she had already witnessed her lover's departure in the most cruel way.

  She asked her mother why.

  But the Queen told her that it was all Jin's fault because he wanted too much.

  She asked her father again why.

  The emperor snorted and did not answer his daughter's childish question.

  Naturally, no one would tell her what it meant to be so successful that it threatened the ruler, and what it meant to be afraid of being an emperor.

  Then General Yalan finally rebelled, and the emperor could finally tell the world that Yalan Nuha was the most shameless traitor in Mingxia, who actually rebelled openly. However, the soldiers of the Iron Flying Cavalry also rebelled, and Axiang became a sharp blade of General Yalan, piercing directly into the crumbling imperial power center of Mingxia.

  The emperor ordered his army to encircle and suppress General Yalan, and to drive them from Shannan to Luobei to preserve the stability of Shanbei County. However, General Yalan's rebellion was like a chain reaction, and rebels began to riot in Luonan, You County, and Huaishui. However, the emperor turned a deaf ear to it and continued to enjoy peace and prosperity in the palace in Shanbei.

  Jasmine stood outside the palace and looked at her father and mother, while the ministers seemed to turn a deaf ear and continued to sing praises of peace in the world.

  How ridiculous, Jasmine thought. She suddenly began to question this throne. It was what she had believed in, the universal love. It was what her father and mother taught her, that revenge will never end. It was what her father and mother taught her, that she should sympathize with the people and love them like her own children...

  Jasmine finally began to think with her own mind and to open her eyes to see the country, but there was no longer that person who smiled, touched her head and said, "You should be more careful."

  She accepted her fate, and at that moment she found herself so weak that she didn't even have the ability to resist.

  She was sitting in a car with Kahn, who took her hand and said, "You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen."

  Jasmine looked up at her. She wondered how this man could be so open-hearted to a woman he had only met once or twice, and they had only exchanged a few words.

  Then he leaned over and kissed her soft, delicate skin gently.

  Jasmine frowned, she didn't like this contact at all.

  Her shrinking made Kahn even happier. She was still a virgin girl.

  Kahn thought of his father, who seemed to be obsessed with virgins from the East in a way that was close to pathological. This was already an open secret in the Fumer family. Kahn somewhat understood his father. She smelled so fresh and her skin was so tender and tight.

  He just felt his throat tighten a little, so he kissed the girl on the lips regardless of her struggle. It was a foregone conclusion that she would marry him, Kahn thought, and he became a little impatient.

  However, Jasmine slapped him in the face. She covered her lips with her hands, her eyes wide open, "How dare you!" She was the emperor's daughter. How could she allow others to violate her like this?

  Kahn was somewhat annoyed by the slap. He was the eldest son of the Fumer family and the future duke. He had never been slapped by a woman before. He admitted that he was a little reckless, but she was his fiancée! He gritted his teeth and thought that sooner or later he would get this slap and the whole Mingxia, and make her kneel down to him willingly.

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