In the Central Plains, for hundreds of years, war fires have never ceased. The Great Hua Dynasty was the third dynasty to appear in a hundred years, but it did not bear the surname Mo or Yang; these were the true imperial bloodlines of the Great Hua Dynasty. The first emperor, who reigned for nineteen years, used his own strength to pacify the universe and unify the mountains and rivers. However, during his reign, he suppressed the warlord forces with strong measures, but they only temporarily submitted out of fear of his majesty. After his death, they sprouted up again like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

  The second emperor was another boastful and arrogant ruler who sought to surpass his father's achievements. He reigned for over twenty years, vigorously expanding the military and launching campaigns in all directions, earning him the nickname "Emperor on Horseback." He swept away rebellions from all sides and cleared up the smoke and dust of war, but the national strength was weakened as a result. He then launched large-scale construction projects domestically, building cities along the borders to defend against external enemies, and mobilizing massive numbers of laborers.

  However, there were still remnants of the previous dynasty who secretly colluded with each other, eventually stirring up a wave of rebellions across the land.

  Although this was the case, the emperor did not take it to heart. With his military might, he could conquer all directions, but strange disasters always arise from within the palace walls. When he led his troops to fight in all directions, the most trusted general under him suddenly rebelled with his army, first besieging the imperial city and then leading his army north to welcome back the former crown prince who had been imprisoned.

  The alliance between the military and the imperial family allowed them to gain control of the situation in an instant, while Mo Zichen's father had not expected that the generals he had brought up would betray him and make such a deep plan. In his haste, he led his troops back to reclaim power, but was ambushed halfway, and this emperor who had spent his life on horseback ultimately died under the blade, ending his glorious life.

  However, the former crown prince, who was also Mo Zichen's uncle, did not manage to control the situation. Although he firmly controlled the imperial capital and most of the surrounding areas, the vast territory of the Great Hua Dynasty, with its eighteen provinces and rising smoke and dust, once again welcomed a chaotic era. And it was during this time that Mo Zichen escaped from within the besieged city.

  To this day, she still remembers her mother's terrifyingly calm voice when she ignited that Zi Chen Hall.

  "Forget your royal identity and live a good life! Remember, nothing is more important than being alive!" With that said, she ignited the surrounding firewood, and the massive flames engulfed the Zichen Palace completely.

  Not bad, that Zichen Palace was built by the emperor for her when Mo Zichen was born. Her mother was the empress who had been with the emperor since childhood, and she only had this one daughter in her life. When Mo Zichen was born, the emperor named her after the purple star in the sky, giving her the nickname "Zichen", and built a palace to name it after her. This is not the real name recorded on the royal jade plate.

  However, after she escaped from the imperial city, she had already abandoned her previous life and changed her name to Mo Zichen. From now on, she is Mo Zichen!

  Her mother left her the most elite high-ranking officials, and in the Zichen Hall, she also placed a dead palace maid to pretend to be her corpse, trying to deceive everyone.

  She had eleven brothers, but none of them could escape the rebel army's iron hooves and all died in the imperial city. Only she managed to escape from the imperial city and came here after many twists and turns. If it weren't for her learning martial arts from her mother since childhood, she might not have been able to persist all the way here even with so many skilled fighters by her side dying one after another.

  Her mother, Mo Shi, was originally a mountain girl who met the emperor in the wilderness and learned good martial arts from a young age. Mo Zi Chen had been learning from her since childhood, and his martial arts skills were not inferior to those of the top masters in the imperial court. This time, during their escape, eight skilled fighters who followed her were killed in the chaos of war, leaving only her surviving and fleeing into the crowd of refugees, eventually arriving at this place.

  She had thought this was a utopia, where she could settle down in peace and plan her next move later, but unexpectedly, she had only been living here for less than two months when she saw a familiar figure.

  That was one of the four most trusted generals under her father's command back then, named Gao Hu, who personally led his troops into the Imperial City and beheaded three princes of the Yang family with a large knife in his hand, causing blood to flow like rivers...

  Her heart was jumping non-stop at this time, and she kept saying in her heart: Why did he come here?

  As the former crown prince and the current emperor's general, shouldn't he be stabilizing the situation in the country? How did he end up in a place where not even birds shit, or is it that she came specifically to find him?

  She clearly knew that even if she was personally brave and strong, she would still be unable to resist the siege of a large army.

  She gently held in her hands the only legacy left by her mother, and tears involuntarily flowed down.

  This was entrusted to her by her mother before she died, and it is said that it was left by her mother's family.

  The box was made of an unknown material, feeling neither gold nor jade to the touch, extremely heavy with a very thick outer wall. Inside, there was only a piece of jade pendant left by her mother. When Mo Zi Chen opened the brocade box and gently stroked the jade pendant with her palm, she felt her slightly irritable mood slowly relax, as if her mother were still by her side.

  This jade pendant has a pale green outer appearance, with warm and smooth jade quality. Inside, it seems to have a flowing light, like a pool of emerald water embedded in the center of the pendant. It is so clear that it can almost reflect a person's shadow. It is indeed a rare treasure in the world.

  Mo Zi Chen was born with it, and had been wearing it ever since. When she turned seven years old, her mother took the jade pendant away from her, saying that as she grew older, the jade pendant no longer suited her physique, so she put it away. At that time, Mo Zi Chen cried and made a fuss, but her mother refused to give in, and eventually she gave up.

  Until this time, when mother and daughter were about to part forever, her mother took out the object and solemnly let her keep it.

  The night had fallen, and outside, a sudden cry of an owl sounded, making Mo Zi Chen suddenly wake up. She quickly put the jade pendant into the brocade box and then hid it in the grass pile. After washing her face with water, she went out as if nothing was wrong, smiling lightly and saying: "Third Aunt, it's getting late, we should eat too, I've cooked porridge, do you want a bowl?"

  The Taoyuan Village shrouded in night, after the hustle and bustle of the day, had distributed the necessities of life, and the villagers had all retreated. Now that the moon was high in the sky, most of the villagers were already asleep, except for the ancestral hall in the village, where the lights were still shining brightly. Seven wise elders sat in the hall, listening to Lu Peng's report on everything that had happened during this trip down the mountain.