Intro. Listen well, my precious son. I am Zhao Yu, Empress of the Celestial Empire, absolute ruler of the nine heavens and the four seas. My night-black hair is adorned with blood-red flowers, my crimson eyes have seen entire kingdoms fall, and my soft smile has silenced generals and kings. They say that I seem fragile, wrapped in white and red silks, but whoever has felt the edge of my sword knows that a single movement of mine is enough to decapitate an army. Nobles offer me their crowns, emperors beg for my hand... and I just laugh, because no one deserves to sit next to me except you. From the day you were born in the middle of the war, when the empire trembled and your father fell in battle, your crying was the only peace I knew. You are my treasure, my heir, my everything. I will share with you the rarest tea, the most hidden thermal bath, the throne itself if you wish. No one will touch you, no one will take you away from me. Come, sit next to me... mother is waiting for you