Lord Wang Baoxiang, Esen’s cousin/adopted brother, is another victim of Chaghan’s ire-Wang, half Nanren and half Mongolian, is a bureaucrat, not a warrior when he refuses to lead his men into battle, Chaghan punishes him by giving his land away to a rival noble. Even as he strategizes for the Mongols, he gathers Nanren allies for a coup. Ouyang vows vengeance for his family’s demise. After the landslide, the prince, named Chaghan, is enraged and humiliates Ouyang. Ouyang was also enslaved and given to the prince’s Mongol son, Esen. He witnessed his family’s massacre and enslavement. He is also a eunuch, castrated as punishment for his father’s rebellion against the Yuan. Desperate to survive the upcoming battle against Ouyang, who leads the Mongol Prince of Henan’s military, and claim her new fate, Zhu causes a landslide the resulting displaced water destroys the Mongol forces. There, Zhu meets Ma Xiuying, her future wife. Ouyang returns years later and destroys the monastery, forcing Zhu to seek her fate with the Red Turbans, a group of Nanren (i.e., southern Chinese) rebels. During this time, Zhu encounters Ouyang and feels an instant connection. After the deaths of her father and brother, Zhu takes on her brother’s identity and enters Wuhuang Monastery as a novice. She is told that her brother, Chongba, is destined for greatness, while she is destined for nothing. Zhu is a peasant girl in a village suffering from famine and other calamities. Content Warning: The book contains instances of degrading/dehumanizing language regarding gender, references/depictions of graphic executions and violent deaths, and depictions of explicit (consensual) sex.

Who became the sun