Su Lüxia/Arc 1

## Su Lüxia

**Su Lüxia** is the Noble Consort of the emperor.

### Background

Su Lüxia married her husband before he was crowned emperor. She was a very devoted wife and sacrificed herself many times in order to help him. For example, during the first year of their marriage, when the crown prince attempted to poison her husband during the banquet, Su Lüxia drank the poisoned wine in his steed. Then, when the Thoth Tribes rebelled and her husband led soldiers to fight them, Su Lüxia spent the whole night kneeling in snow to get her father and brothers to aid her husband in the battle. Lastly, before her husband ascended the throne, the King of Rebels launched a coup and she was the one that took the fatal blow in order to save him. Due to all of the physical harm she accumulated from her actions, Su Lüxia lost the ability to have children. Even after all the times he has betrayed her, she still cares deeply about the emperor. Exemplified by her crying after the emperor is killed even when she is not in control of the body anymore.

After reincarnating, she is the first favored consort **Liu Ruyan** eliminates. She frames her as a cruel and horrible person causing her demotion from Noble consort. She bashes her head against a pillar killing herself.

In Liu Ruyan's first life that she became empress after tending to the emperor when he fell ill.

### A1

Upon reincarnating Su Lüxia is placed under house arrest however she uses her system to help. She uses a camouflage mushroom on little guy to make him an edict so she can legally adopt a son. Previously, this right was granted to her before by the emperor but now she requires a legal document.

She decides to adopt the fourth young prince Yun Ling. She orders the hand of his personal granny to be cut off as a display of power when she shoves the prince. She reminds him no one can push him around because he is the fourth prince and now her adopted son.

After hearing the news of her adoption Su Lüxia is invited to Liu Ruyan's banquet. She dolls up to attend garnering the attention of the emperor and the maids. When Liu Ruyan tries to make her look bad she fake cries and brings up her adoption of Yun Ling. Liu Ruyan once again tries to make her look bad by saying she used a decree to imply she falsified it, however Su Lüxia asks how she would know unless she has a spy, then framing the narrative that she is spying because she also has an heir. The emperor leaves and Su Lüxia kneels to tell Liu Ruyan she is disappointed in her.

Later she confronts Bi Tao, the maid who ratted her out to Liu Ruyan. She asks her to be her spy on Liu Ruyan while subtlety threatening her family. The next day she is helping Yun Ling study. Yun Ling expresses worry that Liu Ruyan, who has recently been sending food to the hall of mental cultivation, may be scheming something against her. Su Lüxia tells him not to worry and instructs him to write poetry for the emperor's birthday which is in a few days, reminding him not to write it too well. Later she dresses up Yun Ling in dresses to make the emperor think she isn't serious. She makes Yun Ling give him his sub-par poetry which shocks and disappoints the emperor. For the next few months she sits back and does nothing important, yet secretly is still training Yun Ling.

After Liu Ruyan gives birth she fakes a divine sign of the phoenix, the symbol of the empress. Liu Ruyan does not know that it is faked and takes it as a true auspicious sign, along with the koi fish blessing planned by the 9th prince. Su Lüxia Taunts Liu Ruyan later by approaching her when her the emperor and the ninth prince are talking. She brings up how Liu Ruyan and the ninth prince were childhood sweethearts growing up to create tension.

Later Su Lüxia is present as people are discussing the promotion of Liu Ruyan to empress. After the emperor passes out Su Lüxia orders the physician to show up and take care of him. She also lets Liu Ruyan take care of him personally. One day when Liu Ruyan leaves to fetch medicine from the kitchen Su Lüxia shows up to the emperor to tell him that the ninth prince was outside as well leaving in a hurry coming from the direction of the kitchen. She is dismissed after Liu Ruyan returns. Afterwords she bribes an official to preform a play for the emperor in which a consort cheats on the emperor with his brother and helps him kill the emperor to gain control. This accompanied by a servant telling the emperor that Liu Ruyan and the ninth prince were together while he was ill enrages the emperor. Su Lüxia also leaks a rumor to consort Shu that Liu Ruyan was cheating and gave birth to another mans child.

With the help of consort Shu she proves the Ninth prince faked the koi blessing for Liu Ruyan and delivered romantic keepsakes via maid. Despite the maids and servants admitting this Liu Ruyan is able to convince the emperor otherwise. Su Lüxia suggests a paternity test on Liu Ruyan's new born child. Because ancient Chinese paternity tests are faulty, the blood mixes 'proving' that Liu Ruyan's son is the ninth prince's. (It would have mixed either way.) Su Lüxia also brings up the phoenix blessing she faked, implying that it was also faked by the ninth prince (like the koi blessing) to make her empress so his son would become emperor. Enraged the emperor sends Liu Ruyan to the lane of perpetuity.

Su Lüxia visits Liu Ruyan in her jail cell. She informs her that the emperor does not love her anymore, returning a broken romantic gift he gave her. She also tells her of the demise of the ninth prince, who was forced to drink poison by the emperor. She scolds Liu Ruyan for being so foolish despite living two life times and falling in love with the emperor, who discarded her. She takes the phoenix hairpin out of her hair and tells her she will convince the emperor to visit her one last time, and to do as she sees fit.

As the emperor is killed by Liu Ruyan stabbing him and then herself with the hairpin Su Lüxia cries showing the original Su Lüxia's deep feelings for him. After his death Yun Ling ascends to the throne and she gains the title empress dowager. For ten years until he was old enough she managed the country before returning control to him. Another ten years later she contracts an ailment and despite Yun Ling personally caring for her she passes away.