"Your Majesty, it's time for morning court. The civil and military officials are already waiting for you.”
A female official who accompanied them said respectfully.
The Holy Lord of the Great Tang, the first legitimate Empress since ancient times, Wu Zhao, Her Majesty Wu Zetian, after Emperor Taizong created the prosperous Great Tang, the Heavenly Khan, and other meritorious deeds, she became the woman of beauty and supreme power in the world!
Wu Zetian didn't say anything. Her beautiful eyes stared at the piece of ancient jade that had suddenly shattered on the dressing table. Her brows furrowed slightly as she fell into deep thought.
The female officials didn't dare to urge them. They could only kneel on the ground in fear and hold up the long golden dragon robe.
After a long time.
A faint sigh was heard.
"The wind rises from the end of the duckweed, and the waves form in the tiny waves. The gears of fate have finally begun.”
Empress Wu Zetian gently caressed the mottled ancient jade.
When Chang 'an was first established, Emperor Taizong and the archaic magicians had dug out this ancient jade from the ruins. It was rumored that this was a mark left behind by a god, and it contained the power and fate of the god.
Emperor Taizong, who ruled the world in both civil and martial arts, did not fully understand the mysteries within, but this thing had become a treasure passed down through the generations of the royal family.
Now.
However, it shattered.
It was rumored that a long, long time ago, Emperor Taizong's family was chosen by the gods to become worshippers of the gods. They became clergymen, representing the gods in ruling the Midland Continent.
The gods had bestowed the miracle of 'living forever under the orders of the heavens', including the Ying family in Yongzhou. It was also rumored that they were a family of clergymen in ancient times.
Other than the current imperial family, there was also the once tyrannical Great Shang Empire.
The ultimate martial artist, King Zhou of Yinshang!
It was rumored that he even had one foot in the realm of shattering the void, breaking through the limits of the continent's martial arts and trying to break free from the control of the gods. In the end, he triggered the wrath of the gods and sent down heavenly punishment. He ended up with a tragic ending of life and death, and the royal family was completely destroyed.
Many peak experts died along with them. The archaic sorcerer was the instigator of that battle.
The collapse of the Shang Dynasty, the separation of territories between the kings, the struggle for power between the aristocratic families, and the rampaging of the demonic seeds. After thousands of years of separation and unification, the current situation of the continent had come to be.
Yin Shang.
This term had almost been forgotten by people. In the history books that were passed down, it was only written that King Zhou was cruel, dissolute, and deserved to die.
They didn't know that this expert, who represented the limits of human martial arts, had tried to pull the gods down with his last drop of blood.
"Yinshang is tyrannical, let the heavens destroy it."
Wu Zetian murmured in a low voice as she gently stroked the blurry words on the broken ancient jade. A drop of cold tears fell from her beautiful eyes.
Daji, the Holy Maiden of the previous generation, was killed by the ancient sorcerers and made into a puppet. She became the last straw to kill King Zhou and became a dirty demon fox in later generations.
The ultimate martial artist who had once burned his bloodline to stop the world-destroying heavenly punishment, the supreme emperor who loved his people like his own children, and the pioneer who questioned the divine power, did not even leave behind ashes after his death. Instead, he lived under the curse of generations of humans.
The invincible iron cavalry who had once marched north with their whips, trod across the Northern Wilderness, the vast seas of the Western Regions, and even reached the Kunlun Divine Palace where the clergymen were…had not been left behind.
"God…this is the world you created, hehe.”
Wu Zetian smiled. She looked so beautiful and determined in the bronze mirror.
Wu Zetian was clear that even if Emperor Taizong's great cause was brought to greater heights in her hands, in the mouths of even more aristocratic families, she was still just the one who had usurped the imperial power of the Li family, the one bestowed by the heavens. Her name was not legitimate!
She knew that countless pairs of eyes were staring at her at all times. As long as she revealed any weakness, she would be attacked like a storm. She would be thrown to the ground and trampled on as she wished to vent her anger.
Therefore…
She would always be cold and emotionless, high and mighty, and would always be the ruthless Empress Wu Zetian.
A great undertaking in a prosperous age.
Who would care about the darkness under the light? The so-called prosperity was just a joke. This world was just a plaything in the hands of those gods. Power and interests were just snatched by ants.
Numb and ignorant humans.
But now…fate had finally begun. Perhaps, the only chance for mankind to change itself had appeared.
Wu Zetian slowly collected her thoughts. Her cold eyes looked at the broken ancient jade. Her red and cold lips opened slightly, filled with dignity and unquestionable.
"Clean up and come to court with me."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The group of female officials behind him felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted off their shoulders. Their pretty faces were already drenched in cold sweat.
At the same time.
Thousands of miles away from Chang 'an, on the roof of the General's Mansion.
The evening glow shone on the bustling city. From here, one could see the tall buildings. The towering giant wall was covered in battle scars. Although it was a little shorter than the Great Wall, it was definitely an iron wall.
Two figures sat casually on the roof, looking into the distance with desolate eyes.
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