(Diao Chan POV)
Diao Chan, the top four beauty in the country of Dong.
Diao Chan, the unattainable flower.
Diao Chan, the perfect beauty that can move nations.
Diao Chan, the bird in a gilded cage.
Those were all the titles that were given to me, none of them inaccurate.
I was adopted by my father when he found me in an orphanage, having landed there after my village became a casualty of war.
My father had controlled my life ever since then. As a daughter of a noble family, I had no say in what I wanted to do.
Here, in the country of Dong, power was everything.
The current king had overthrown the previous one through sheer military force, marching into the capital city when he was least expected and executed the king within the throne room itself.
He ruled tyrannically, beheading anyone who did not share his views and silenced dissenters with his army.
