Ask the Blue Sky with a Wine Cup

Plot Synopsis

Under the urging of three secret imperial edicts, General Zhan Hao at the border pass carried out the emperor's order to massacre Zhao Family Village which refused to give up the iron ore mine. Zhan Hao's wife, who was about to give birth, rushed to stop it but was accidentally killed. She gave birth to a son before she died. Fortunately, the son was saved by Fang Zian, the county magistrate. He named the boy Fang Xu and brought him up as his own. However, because Fang Zian went to the capital to present a petition signed by thousands of people to the emperor, Zhan Hao was involved. The massacre of the village caused a great uproar in both the court and the public. The imperial court needed a scapegoat, so they beheaded all the members of the Zhan family on the charge of treason. Zhan Hao, who narrowly escaped death, broke into the Crown Prince's Palace and abducted the eldest grandson of the emperor who was about to reach his full month. He named the boy Yu Huolian and swore from then on that he would over