Ashes to Crown
翘楚
将军之女楚朝为改变自己成为楚国世子萧珣夺权路上牺牲品的可悲命运，发现主动出击才是改变命运的唯一途径。在与命运一波三折的对抗中，她与谢家庶子谢燕来相识，并点亮了谢燕来原本灰暗阴鹜的人生，助谢燕来挣脱命运枷锁，从禁军小卒一步步成长为镇国大将军，楚朝与谢燕来合力成功阻止了萧珣的野心和计划。在本该逃离是非之地的途中，见到战火中百姓的苦难，楚朝毅然决然返回城内，助力小皇孙萧羽为帝，直至萧羽亲政。然而萧珣又引外敌来犯，为权欲不惜陷万民于水火。楚朝携手谢燕来与之殊死抵抗，领军浴血奋战，终于成功解除大楚内忧外患。至此，楚朝不仅改变了自己的命运，也让大楚千千万万百姓摆脱了战火离乱的颠沛命运。
DIALOGUE CLIPS (2563)
You brat, show some restraint once you arrive at Changping Pass.
Too many eyes are fixed on the frontier troops.
I am more aware of these matters than you are.
Don't be annoyed by my nagging. Listen.
even if you're from the Xie Family.
Do you really think it'd be your turn? I have
You? Seriously?
Do remember to grace it with your calligraphy. I shall certainly sell it for an exorbitant price.
Zhao, still in the mood for swinging?
Wait, I forgot something.
- Greetings, Your Highness. - Spare me the formalities.
What is it now? What news have you heard?
It's like this on every street corner.
it has been turned into a bogeyman that stops children from crying. I know.
Then why not have them all arrested immediately?
Come, Leyun. Let me tell you what to say to them.
Look. Each patch of cloth on that canopy seems to bear a person's name. Indeed.
But wasn't Jingzhou turned upside down by the Imperial Guard Office? Why are they thanking her?
Senior officials colluded and protected one another,
The Imperial Guard Office has no authority to investigate cases, yet it acted beyond its power.
How is that any different from those corrupt officials? The scholars of Jingzhou…
Evil against evil, it is evil nonetheless.
I only know one principle. Whoever punishes the wicked is a hero.
How beautiful that canopy is. It really was as Zhao predicted.