Chapter 1: The auspicious sign .

The fifth ruler of Hua Zhou city and the most successful Emperor, Kangzhou, established a strong and developed nation, protecting his people and surpressing bandits from breaking into the city. Not only is he the greatest ruler but also a wonderful husband and father that treats them all equally. He has fifteen consorts and concubines , five princess and three princes . Although the Emperor didn’t have much children, he loved each and everyone deeply. The happiness that surrounds the royal family could not be broken .

Not until one day on a cloudy and gloomy day,the Emperor’s astronomer, Li Zheng came running into the main hall, “ My Emperor I have urgent news” he rushed up beside the Emperor leaned forward'' and whispered into his ears. The Emperor became flustered and quickly ended his morning assembly. The Emperor took astronomer Li Zheng into the back study room,

“What is this doom your talking about? .” The Emperor raising his voice at Li Zheng, he quickly got on his knees and cried out, “informing the Emperor, there was an auspicious sign in the stars last night. A red star was seen in the sky, an ominous sigh, a disaster is coming and the people of this nation will be killed.” The Emperor stared straight at Li Zheng , shocked and surprised, lost for words, and tried to compose himself. The Emperor stood up, “ are you sure you saw it correctly? You’ll be dead if you are lying to me!” Li Zheng quickly apologize for making the Emperor worry . He explained “The red star that fell down from the sky represents a new ruler , specifically, a female ruler. When your majesty became Emperor and all the previous Emperor’s , the fallen star was blue. But this one means that someone, a woman in the royal family will take over the throne and become disastrous ruler.” LinZheng begged the emperor to quickly do something about it or the country will be doomed .

The Emperor walked back and forth shaking his head , “ impossible, I’m healthy , I’m still young, I’m not going to die anytime soon. So what should we do Li Zheng, what’s your intake on this red star ?” Li Zheng thinking hard to himself, calculating the time and year with his fingers , “In order to keep the kingdom safe your majesty, you must only obtain male births for the next ten years to keep the kingdom at peace and bring prosperity to the country . If any of your consorts or concubines bears any princess, they must be killed and sacrificed to the gods for forgiveness.” When the Emperor heard what he had to do, he sat down with his hand on his forehead. He was speechless, he feared for the people, but , nothing can compare to a father giving up their daughters. The Emperor started to feel cold and his hand trembled as he grabbed his tea cup to take a sip, he dropped the teacup and sigh, “ besides killing the princesses is there another option ? Li Zheng hesitated to answer , “ we’ll your majesty, sorry if I’m stepping over you, but how about marrying off all five princess to the west, east, north and south, this will also be a good way to ally with other rulers and tribes. This will bring a good name to you and to the country.” With an uneasy look and feeling , the Emperor had no choice but to follow Li Zheng advice .

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