Murong Mengze

Emperor of Chonghua

**Murong Mengze** (慕容梦泽, *Mùróng Mèngzé*) is the First Princess of Chonghua. She is known as the Virtue of Chonghua's Three Gentlemen.

## Appearance

Murong Mengze is described as a royal beauty with a modest appearance, being slim, tall, and of fair jade-like complexion. She is known to have a regal, elegant appearance and would often be seen wearing modest clothing, especially when compared to her lavishly adorned cousin, Murong Lian.

She was most often seen wearing a black clothing trimmed with gold and notably wore black martial robes embroidered with gold when leading the Scarlet Plumed Battalion.

## Personality

Murong Mengze is an educated, wise, and gentle yet strong woman that keeps her feelings on one sleeve and her ambitions on another. Due to her royal lineage, she is blessed with innate talent of skill and spiritual energy, but after spiritual core broke, she was unable to perform any strong magic. She is the believed to be the best medicine cultivator after Jiang Fuli and is the master of Shennong Terrace.

She is known to treat the common people with lenience and virtue, is well versed in handling political and military matters, and is capable of managing the country when needed. To attribute to her virtuous and righteous character, she is seen as one of Chonghua's three gentlemen and is known as Chonghua's Virtue.

Although she had proven to be intelligent and capable, she would not be given important tasks because of her gender and would therefore not be able to handle important responsibilities. One instance of when her decisions were disregarded due to prejudice was when she was given control over the court by the emperor when the Liao Kingdom attacked. Although she was quick to devise a logical and sound strategy to combat the Liao Kingdom and stabilize the situation, most of the officials did not agree to her plan because they felt she was inferior and were too prideful to obey her commands.

Though for most of the novel, Murong Mengze is seen to be deeply in love with Mo Xi, she is able to push affections to the depths of her heart when needed. Even though she would have romantic inclinations and moments of weakness, she would always be reasonable in the end.

***This section contains spoilers!***
Murong Mengze, though he had the outward appearance of being pure, kind, and virtuous was actually much more vicious, merciless, and cold-blooded then anyone had realized. He had long since desired the throne, and for that he would spare no luxury in seizing it, even if it meant staining his hands with blood.

Towards the very end of novel it is revealed that Mengze's gender is actually male, but had his identity hidden with the help of a Shennong Terrace elder. Knowing of his true identity, Murong Lian describes Mengze as being vicious and ruthless, and willing to do anything to fulfill his goals. When Mo Xi learns of Mengze's true personality and treachery he chooses to forgive Mengze remarking that the path to the throne is stained in blood and though Mengze's facade as one of Chonghua's three gentlemen was fake, as long as he would reform and govern with benevolence that was all that mattered.

Although Mengze was far from being sincere and pure of heart, what he had always yearned for was for others to call him a "Virtuous Ruler" and a "Wise Monarch", which ensured that, though, stained in blood as he was, he would never become like Murong Chen.

## Background

Murong Mengze was born into the royal family and is the younger sister of the emperor. She has proven to be intelligent and capable and acts as an advisor to the emperor, often helping him with Chonghua's military and political affairs. Her spiritual core broke when she healed Mo Xi after he was stabbed in the chest, and as such, she can no longer preform tasks that require a lot of spiritual energy. She remains as the master of Shennong Terrace and is oftentimes experiences prejudice from other officials due to her gender.

## References

2. ↑ Novel, Chapter 62: Princess Mengze
3. ↑ Novel, Chapter 112: A-Lian Wants Him Too
4. ↑ Novel, Chapter 152: Confrontation Before The Troops
5. ↑ Novel, Chapter 181: Gu Mang's Arrangements
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Novel, Chapter 195: The Grand Finale
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Novel, Chapter 145: Affection and Gratitude
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Novel, Chapter 108: Women Are So Hard to Deceive
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Novel, Chapter 193: With You
10. ↑ Novel, Chapter 11: Slave Collar
11. ↑ Novel, Chapter 139: War Starts Again