The former emperor spent his lifetime on horseback, and had obtained grand achievements in both politics and military, a legend that was rarely seen throughout history. The man had brought Great Liang's might to its peak - like the sun at noon - and no neighboring countries would dare to offend. Additionally, he was also the founder of both the Ling Shu Institute and the Black Iron Camp.

It was a pity that this brilliant and wise Emperor was fated for a lonesome life. During his reign, he had four empresses, but none of them were able to live for long. He gave birth to three sons and two daughters in total, but he had to experience the feeling of seeing his young die before him, losing four out of five.

When the former emperor passed away, the only child left was the First Princess who had married early.

Legend had it that when the Princess was about sixteen or seventeen years old, she was infected with a severe illness that almost took her life. Fortunately, as she already had a marriage arrangement with Gu Yun's father, the monk of Hu Guo Temple lit a candle of longevity for the Princess and advised that she should get married early. True to these words, after being wedded to the Marquis, the Princess's illness had slowly improved.

From this point of view, it seemed that the previous princes and princess' passing away one after another at a young age was due to the former emperor's fate counteracting theirs.

The Emperor who had lost all his wives and children, at his final moment had decided to leave the Black Iron Camp and the utmost vital military power to his most beloved Princess and her husband, but the country of Great Liang could not change their surname, so the next Emperor had to be adopted from a different branch.

The reason that the current Emperor - His Majesty Yuan He was able to be successfully enthroned that year - a large extent of it was thanks to the assistance of the First Princess.

Emperor Yuan He had harbored great affection for her. Until she passed away, he had always respectfully referred to her as an 'aunt' and welcomed her only son, Gu Yun, into the palace to take care of. He personally granted him the name 'Zi Xi', he had repeatedly told the officers and magistrates that 'Zi Xi is like my younger brother', and ordered the princes to refer to him as 'Royal Uncle' when meeting in private.

'Uncle' or 'Aunt' were merely false titles, not entirely important, what mattered was Great Liang's military forces, under the direct control of the Marquis of Order, stood behind the little boy, Gu Yun, that year.