Chapter 1 - Lu Yang Jie

The girl standing in front of her mother's grave looked absolutely stunning, even though she was dressed in plain white clothes. Indeed, the pure colors did nothing to hide her beauty. Her luscious long black hair, fastened with a simple clip, tumbled down her shoulders, contrasting with the white material. She looked so insanely pure, sweet and innocent in that bewitching white dress of hers that any man who saw her would feel their hearts thump furiously.

However, the soldiers guarding beside her froze as she looked up and glared at them. Her stormy grey eyes, hazel nut shaped, seemed to be clouded with a layer of sadness, just like any other seventeen year old girl who had just lost her mother. But they were penetrating and piercing, at such a young age, as if delving deep into the soldiers' souls.

If one looked closely, he would see the deep layer of hatred and contempt hidden under sadness. This made them shiver uncontrollably as they watched her bow with her hands clasped shut once again.

Her high cheekbones gave her a disdainful look and her pursed cherry lips just managed to make her look seductive and sinister at the same time. Accompanied with those stormy grey eyes scanning around calculatively, she looked dangerous. With that beauty which was comparable to the most prettiest woman in the entire Lu Continent - Princess Lu Tian Xiu, she would definitely be a prefered match for the Crown Prince.

Alas, she was his long lost sister actually. Recently, there were many rumours surrounding the royal family on an illegitimate child of The Emperor living deep in the mountains, and the Emperor had claimed that it was the long lost daughter of his and the Empress.

But deep in the palace, where not a single word was let out to the public, the Emperor had ordered them to murder the woman taking care of The Princess, her true mother, and of course, kill The Princess too . The naive soldiers did not suspect a single thing and was led along by him.

But Lu Yang Jie knew. She knew everything that was running in the emperor's mind. Most importantly, she knew what the Emperor was plotting.

He wanted to kill the mother and daughter both. All because it was going to tarnish his reputation if wind got out that he, the respected Emperor, had an affair with a woman seventeen years ago.

Lu Yang Jie knew since young. She knew that her mother had an affair with the emperor, and ran away when she got pregnant, because there was no way the Emperor would have let their daughter survive when he already had a wife who was supposed to bear him children. And Lu Yang Jie respected her mother for saving her, even though she could have aborted her simply and cut ties with The Emperor. That would have made her life so much easier, but no, she didn't do it for the sake of her unborn daughter. But now, The Emperor was finally on their trials after a peaceful seventeen years.

Her mother died three days ago, impaled by a spear, a few kilometers away from their residence, her grandparents' house. And just when she was mourning for her mother's loss, these soldiers arrived at her doorstep, claiming that the Emperor would like to welcome his long lost daughter back with a big celebration. Only a fool wouldn't be suspicious of the fact that after seventeen years, the Emperor finally decided to welcome his daughter back when her mother just coincidentally got murdered.

Oh, Lu Yang Jie knew what the Emperor was planning. First, he killed her mother to remove any signs that he had an affair with her while he was married. Then, he definitely would plan for an 'accident' to happen when she was on the way back to the palace. Afterwards, he would claim that the long lost princess 'unfortunately perished' on the way back. So either way, she would die at the hands of her own father.

Eyeing the soldiers standing in front of her contemptuously, she laughed coldly in her heart. Did they think that she was so gullible and easy to cheat? If it was that simple to kill her she would have died years ago! They wanted to play a game with her? Fine! She'll entertain them!

Smiling sweetly at the General who was standing at a side smirking at her, no doubt planning her impending doom, she uttered softly, like a polite, graceful lady, 'General, please allow me to bade my grandparents goodbye before I leave to meet Father!'

The General, an old fool he was, nodded at the manipulation tactics Lu Yang Jie displayed, permitting her. Little did he know his actions would soon cost him greatly. Lu Yang Jie snickered in her heart before curtsying mockingly, turning around to laugh scornfully at The General behind his back.

It was time to have a talk with her Grandpa.