Chu Zhao (Ashes to Crown) 楚后 (翘楚) by 希行 Xi Xing (HE)

The beginning of a story set in the Bei Caozhen relay station, where several station soldiers encounter a girl seeking help. Despite it being almost the start of spring, the weather remains very cold. At the crack of dawn, a squad of mounted soldiers gallops toward the Bei Caozhen relay station. Five people wearing military robes, thick hats, and with their faces wrapped in red scarves, arrive covered in dust from their journey. They leap off their horses before fully stopping at the entrance.

“Five pots of shaojiu!” one soldier shouts.

The dozing gatekeeper is awakened, and still irritated from losing money gambling the previous night, emerges: “The relay station has no alcohol. Where are your credentials, official warrants, and documentation?” Before he can finish speaking, he’s spat in the face.

“The relay station has no alcohol? Did you drink it all yourself? You son of a—, you dare steal military supplies?” The dismounted soldier grabs the station guard by the collar. “I’ll send you to prison right now.”

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The daughter of Wei General Chu Ling, actually fled for fear of punishment?!

Ha, what are you talking about? Beating someone up isn’t such a big deal.

Will she, Chu Zhao, be able to trick a whole bunch of people that formed the troops into rushing to the border?

She was once the daughter of a criminal who was despised by everyone, and she was once the most noble woman in the world.

She was spurned by her husband, was called an “evil queen”, and was eventually given poisoned wine, and strangled to death.

Now that she has been reborn, she just wants to see her father who risked his life to protect her one last time.

In that lifetime, she lived in confusion and died in confusion.

In this lifetime, she will not retreat without a fight, she will see clearly and believe in herself.

Even if you’ve to step on dead branches and rotten leaves, you must make your own way through the mud and filth.

To leave the capital and avoid that cursed fate,

It was just the first step Chu Zhao took to change her destiny.

But unexpectedly, when she thought she had successfully hidden from everyone,

This sharp-eyed young man “Ah Jiu” seemed to recognize her at first sight.

Not only did he set a trap to expose her, but he also even threatened to take her life.

But when she was in danger, he came to save her.

He was actually the one she wanted the most to stay away from in her life…

(Translated by Vico SDL, edited by peanuts)

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