In the thirtieth year, on a moonlit night, with the landscape adorned in splendor and the lotus pond full beneath the glowing moon.
Princess Li Ying of Yong’an, gentle and kind-hearted, tragically drowned in the palace lotus pond at the age of sixteen. The Emperor, in his deep sorrow, nearly lost the will to live. Upon closer investigation, it was discovered that the princess had been pushed into the pond and drowned by her fiancé. In his rage, the Emperor executed the entire family of the fiancé, a noble family of high standing. This event severely weakened the power of the aristocratic families, while the commoners began to rise in power, leading to the commencement of the Taichang Reforms.
After the Emperor’s passing, history books later referred to him as the “Saint Ruler of the Renaissance” due to the Taichang Reforms. The mother of Li Ying, Consort Jiang, who had once been a palace maid, ascended to the position of Imperial Concubine, and eventually Empress, and later even crowned herself Emperor, alongside the Taichang Emperor, as two Saints. Everything they achieved was rooted in the early death of their beloved daughter, Li Ying.
Thirty years later, during a prosperous and peaceful era, while the people mourned the untimely death of the princess, they also found solace in the fact that her death had brought about so many changes. However, the soul of the young princess, still lingering in the mortal realm, appeared wearing the green silk gown she had worn when she drowned. Her face, preserved at the age of sixteen, with its delicate beauty, found the infamous and ruthless Minister of Affairs, Cui Xun, who was plagued by countless illnesses. She said to him, “I need your help to investigate a case.”
She continued, “I want you to find out who killed me.”
Evil spirits turn to demons, and if one has already become a demon, why bother with becoming a Buddha?
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In the 30th year, on a moonlit night, the mountains and rivers were splendid, and the moon filled the lotus pond.
Princess of Yong’an, Li Ying, was kind and gentle, but she drowned in the lotus pond in the palace at the age of sixteen. The emperor was heartbroken. After careful investigation, he found that the princess was pushed into the pond by her husband and drowned. The emperor was enraged and exterminated his whole clan. The husband was from a noble family. After this incident, the nobility was greatly damaged. People from humble families began to become generals and ministers, thus began the Taichang new policy.
After the emperor died, the history books called him the holy ruler of the restoration because of the Taichang new policy. Li Ying’s mother, Concubine Jiang, also ascended from a palace maid to the position of noble consort and then empress because of Li Ying, and finally ascended the throne to become emperor. She and the Emperor Taichang were called the two saints together, and everything the two saints got was due to their beloved daughter Li Ying who died young.
Thirty years later, the world was peaceful and prosperous, and people all over the world were mourning the princess’ premature death, but the little princess, whose soul was still in the world, was wearing the green silk skirt she wore when she was drowned, and her face was still as delicate and beautiful as when she was sixteen. She found Cui Xun, the ruthless, notorious, and sickly vice-secretary of the Inspection Office, and said, “I want to ask you to help me investigate a case.”
She said, “I want to ask you to find out who killed me”
People are worse than ghosts. Since they have become demons, why should they become saints?
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Cui Xun, the vice-secretary official of the Inspection Office, was a flatterer who used his good looks to seduce people, a cruel official who framed many unjust cases, and a cowardly general who feared death. The evil he had done was too much to list, and people all over the world wanted to eat his flesh and drink his blood. According to the custom, after losing power, he would be tied to the execution ground, tortured to death, and people would cut his flesh into pieces, until his body would disappear.
But when he was in prison, covered in wounds, he saw the green silk skirt he had seen when they first met.
He was tortured until he was drowsy, and asked her hoarsely: “Why didn’t you leave?”
She only said: “An unfinished business.”
“What is unfinished?”
“For the ruler, change your fate.”
(Translated by Vico SDL)
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