Chapter 451: Don’t Touch My Family
That year was marked by famine; many people went hungry, and some even starved to death. That same year, Qian Ye, then only six years old, was orphaned, having lost both of her parents.
She couldn’t quite recall what exactly happened at that time, only remembered crying for a very long time. Also etched in her memory was the sight of her parents passing her the last morsel of food in their greatly weakened state.
Subsequently, Qian Ye was sold to a place where she met Qian Feng, a meeting that changed her life.
One day, while sweeping the doorway, Qian Ye saw a child younger than herself walking by, hand in hand with two adults. The adults’ extreme affection for the child and the child’s joyous laughter deeply wounded Qian Ye’s heart.
"Stop looking. It’s a life we can never have, maybe in our next life," said Qian Feng, with a sense of desolation and sadness. Watching the family disappear from sight, Qian Ye’s heart was again moved. She murmured to herself, "Next life?".
Time passed swiftly, and Qian Ye and Qian Feng had grown up. Together, they founded the Shennv Xuanhui, but ideological differences led Qian Ye to leave and start her own country in the outskirts, the Qian Ye Empire.
As an empress, Qian Ye wielded great power, determined to change the status of women in the world. She wanted to prove that her way was right and hoped that Qian Feng would understand and forgive her act of treachery.
At one point, a man refused to submit to her rule and led a rebellion, but failed. Offending Qian Ye, he was sentenced to death.
The man’s wife and child were also captured. Holding his wife, the man cried bitterly, begging his wife for forgiveness and blaming himself for their predicament.