Traveling the world is no different; the love of a young person is always sincere and straightforward.

In just a few short years, the world has undergone tremendous changes.

Now, with war raging in the world and people suffering terribly, Fusang City has become a dead city.

The city was desolate and gloomy, the entire city dark and dilapidated.

The tragedy of Fusang City was inevitable.

There is no perfect solution...

Even though he didn't intervene this time, the people of Fusang still died.

This is not just an epidemic, but also war.

As an important shipping port in the south, Fusang City has been a strategic location fought over by military strategists since ancient times.

The Prince of Huainan, in alliance with major powerful families in Jiangnan, launched a rebellion and marched north under the pretext of "purging the court of corrupt officials."

They naturally intend to conquer Fusang City.

The battered and ravaged city of Fusang was no match for the massive army.

The so-called imperial brother-in-law was also easily taken hostage.

As the army sailed north, the pampered imperial brother-in-law was directly tied to the mast by the Prince of Huainan.

Sacrifice the flag!

Consort Rou came from the Prime Minister's family. The current Prime Minister, Lin Kuang, is a veteran of four reigns and has achieved the highest honors in all three imperial examinations, becoming the top scholar in the 25th year of the Qiyuan era.

Horses gallop through the flowers of Chang'an, a scene of youthful exuberance.

On horseback, she caught the eye of the eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. She threw the flowers she was holding on the bridge, and they landed right in Lin Kuang's arms.

On horseback at the bridgehead, they gazed at each other from afar, and fell in love at first sight.

The marriage, with its elaborate betrothal and formal arrangements, became a celebrated story in the capital.

Emperor Gaozu was a wise ruler. He admired Lin Kuang's talent and regarded him as a close friend, a friendship that transcended age.

If it weren't for Emperor Gaozu's strong opposition, Lin Kuang's career wouldn't have been so smooth, and the implementation of the new policies wouldn't have been so successful.

Emperor Gaozu had shown Lin Kuang great favor and appreciation, and Lin Kuang always reciprocated by dedicating his life to the country and its people.

Unfortunately, it still couldn't stop those in power from courting disaster.

After Emperor Gaozu passed away, the next two emperors were both incompetent. Despite lacking in wisdom, they still insisted on playing the game of checks and balances that emperors use.

In order to counter the deeply entrenched power of aristocratic families in the court, the government allowed eunuchs to learn to read and write, granted them more power, and established the Eastern Depot.

All those shady, unsavory things were done by the Eastern Depot.

As a result, factional strife within the imperial court intensified.

So many loyal ministers and generals, in the midst of the factional struggles between the two dynasties, either retired or died.

In this generation, only a few old ministers who had received the favor of Emperor Gaozu are left to struggle on.

The powerful families declined, and eunuchs gained power.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, he was determined to rectify this situation and had privately discussed with Lin Kuang how to win back the support of the disheartened aristocratic families.

Lin Kuang chose the simplest and most direct method.

Marriage.

His wife had suffered a health problem in her early years and it took her many years to recover before she gave birth to a son and a daughter.

The daughter is the most talented woman in the capital, but the son is a good-for-nothing.

At the age of eighteen, he still had no official rank or fame and remained a commoner.

He married his daughter into the palace, making her a concubine. On the surface, the emperor acted as if he doted on her, providing her with the same rations as the empress, just to put the various noble families at ease.

The new emperor already had a principal wife when he was crown prince, so the position of empress was naturally out of reach.

As the head of all the powerful families, the Lin family's move to undermine the very foundation of the family's power is tantamount to binding the fate of all the powerful families to the new emperor.

Lin Kuang had connections with the powerful ministers of the major families, and some were even his students. The Lin family was busy for three days after his daughter married into the palace.

In the end, it was a do-or-die situation!

The new emperor wanted to reclaim the power he had delegated, but found that the eunuchs had become too powerful, not only interfering in the affairs of the previous dynasty, but also controlling the internal affairs of the palace.

This battle can be described as extremely difficult.

The new emperor is full of ambition, and within the capital and in the court, powerful families and eunuchs are locked in a life-or-death struggle.

He had a good plan: first, he cleared out the innermost leeches, and then he swept away the outer termites.

Unfortunately, it's too slow.

The public has long harbored resentment.

Natural disasters ravaged the land, corrupt officials ran rampant, eunuchs held power, and the people suffered terribly.

During this flood in the south, the officials appointed by the imperial court to the local areas only cared about their own escape and completely disregarded the lives of the people.

They exchanged their own children to eat, and starved corpses littered the ground.

It has already caused immense suffering and loss of life!

This was undoubtedly the final straw that broke the camel's back for these ordinary people.

Countless peasants rose up in rebellion, chanting slogans to overthrow the tyranny, and rebellions broke out everywhere.

The King of Huainan had been waiting for this day.

He was known among the people for his wisdom and virtue. Under the pretext of "purging the court of corrupt officials," he criticized the treacherous ministers in power and the seductive concubines who flattered the emperor. He also joined forces with the powerful families of Jiangnan to open granaries and distribute grain, easily winning over the hearts of the people and incorporating these not-so-orthodox armies.

They headed north without anyone stopping them.

He hoped to take this opportunity to become the emperor's brother-in-law and obtain a minor official position, but he also became a hostage sacrificed to the flag on the battlefield.

God loves the world, and Gu Yao is a deity who was born in response to the prayers of the people.

Seeing this devastated landscape now fills me with sorrow.

But he also knew that this was an inevitable historical process.

As Gu Yao looked down at Fusang City, he felt a chill run through him, as if he could see countless wronged souls wailing.

I'm crying, this world is so unfair!

Damn it, this heaven is so cruel!

Shen Juan keenly sensed that something was wrong with Gu Yao. She stepped to the side, took his hand, and whispered, "My lord, this is not your fault. No matter what, Fusang City cannot be saved."

Gu Yao lowered his eyes, his fists clenched tightly at his sides. He looked around, seemingly unwilling, then let go of his fists in dejection and sighed softly, "I know."

No one in this world understands this cause and effect, fate, better than Gu Yao.

That's why he felt powerless.

He was powerless to change it; the fate of mortals is predetermined, and everything has its own development. Even if he had divine power, he could not easily change it.

No one knows what the result of a butterfly's wing flapping will be.

Shen Juan reached out and hooked a stray hair behind Gu Yao's ear. "My lord, you have done enough. Even a god cannot be perfect in every way."

Gu Yao shook his head, looked down at his fingertips, his expression unreadable.

He felt that something was not quite right.

Intuition led him to look north. His snow-white eyes narrowed slightly, his fingers formed a seal, golden light flashed, and a golden lotus suddenly appeared.

Suddenly, Gu Yao took a step back, looking shocked, but was firmly supported by Shen Juan.

"Sir, what's wrong?"

Although he was also an ancient god, he was ultimately different from Gu Yao, a god born of nature.

The gods born of nature are always closer to the mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas.

Gu Yao clutched the fabric in front of her chest, took two deep breaths to calm herself, and then grabbed Shen Juan's wrist.

He turned his head to look at Shen Juan, his eyes deep, "Fox, do you want to see the change of dynasties?"

Shen Juan was taken aback, as if she didn't understand why the topic had changed so quickly.

But he still took Gu Yao's hand in return, a smile spreading across his lips, "Okay, let's go take a look."

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