《The Jade Princess》 The Jade Princess A girl was wandering at the field Helping her parents like everyday Looking for woods to be burned Or anything that is useful for her family Suddenly the sky was divided Then she saw a deity from the sky The Jade Emperor appeared before her The Emperor has come down from heavens The Jade Emperor then proclaimed The Mandate of Heaven has been lost The Imperial Court has been corrupted The current Emperor is weak and cruel The Imperial court has grown decadent Warning has been sent across the world And yet they ignore the message and blinded themselves The land has been covered by darkness of their sins The Jade Emperor decreed his divine law He ordered her to bring the Heavens lights He decreed her to illuminate the earth once more And so, the Jade Princess was born by his decreeHelp support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. With the Jade Emperor blessing and letter of his mandate She showed his mandate to the people on her homeland She then restored her home in one night from a struggling city back to its health The shining light of her home soon illuminated its surrounding land Her home has become the center of heavens hope Her home attracted many followers across the land People with merits arrived from every corner of the realm They came with various regions and various backgrounds Soon her follower grows in a great proportion The people saw who her divine mandate flocked Her decree that was given by heaven illuminated them And the march to the capital has begun, to east She and her follower movement were swift They arrive from city to city in a short time Each only took a day and no less to reach every settlement Each settlement opens their door and pledge their support Resistance barely exist since people saw her divine decree Even conscripted soldiers knew the danger of opposing heaven More people would then join her effort in restoring the light From peasants to officials, they followed the heaven decree But the Emperor and his court have no mercy Corrupted and filled with darkness, villages and cities were torched Punishment enacted to everyone who sings her praise The river soon becomes red of blood and flown to the realm The Princess and her follower slowly reached the capital And they saw the horror caused by the imperial court and the imperial family Bodies filled the fields and the crows who keep on feasting Rubbles and death greet them at every settlement The corrupted Emperor and his court then use dark magic The diseases are being spread to her and her follower Soon they all fall ill and death picked them one by one The dark magic is casted to after the princess has worked Despite the terrifying ordeal, she marched on She still carries the divine mandate and it¡¯s her duty Her follower is loyal and follows her, the false one flees The lights shall be restored as the Jade Emperor decree But alas, the corrupt Imperial army blocks her away Black magic was used even more frequent to stop her Shaman and soldier put their effort in stopping the light restored Attempt to reach the capital is almost impossible In the end, she dies by their black magics and poisons As she falls, the decree vanished without a trace And soon her follower lose faith and disappear Some who didn¡¯t disappear would be perish by the onslaught The Imperial court then retaliate with furry and brutality They put every effort to snuff the lights on the land away Settlements are being punished for supporting her Followers and their families are ruthlessly slaughtered Her home as the start of the light was punished the worst It was torched to the ground and the people were butchered But the lights never truly die as some still survives from the darkness And they all promised to one day restored the light once again The Old General The court is in turmoil by itself Fingers pointing at each other None dare to speaks truthfully None dare to bring harmony Rebellion has swept the realm The empire is on the verge of breaking Pretenders to the throne has risen and fell One of those are in the western province The western provinces have gone on spiritual frenzy Once it was the prosperous provinces in the realm Then a usurper has arisen to challenge the emperor Despite has no lineage to prove such audacious claim The usurper claim divinity while her cult spread like plagueIf you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. They gain follower in droves without interference Locals officials are too afraid to confront them openly Or perhaps they were also persuaded to join the ranks The Emperor finest has been sent across the realm Sent to quell the unrest across the realm Leaving but the young and inexperienced warrior They are the last defense for the Emperor and his court And so, armies being sent into west to pacify the rebel The first one went and shortly being shattered in battle The second and third one would soon lose and deserting the court The losses for the imperial army only swollen the rebel ranks. Seeing the odds stacked against him, he realizes his situation The rebels are marching with the number and power to defeat any army His army is inferior, both in number and quality The Old General need to make radical action He denied them any hope of resting as homes are burning He denied them battle as no armies meet them He denied them food and water as he razed the fields He denied them respite as assassins and saboteurs roams the land In the end the Old General did his duties He only gives the enemy pain and misery He turns their defeats into his victory He turned the rebel army into a walking husk With such task accomplished The general can¡¯t helped himself to admire He slowed the most dangerous rebel groups And rumor has it that their leader has fallen ill For him victory has finally being achieved The rebel army may still roam the countryside But they¡¯ll never threatened the capital anymore The Old General only needs to wait for the reinforcement After the reinforcement arrived and squashed the enemy The Old General join cleaning the remnants of the rebellion For his service the Emperor gave him many rewards He is given the title of ¡®The great western defender of the Empire¡®