Bella’s family killed for their religion. She follows the smartest person in her village, Kris.
Kris dresses her up as a boy and they travel together. They form a group of bodyguards with other orphan children that they meet. They all become proficient at the sword. All is well until, Kris meets a rich lady and ends up selling bella to a her for some land and a castle.
Kris comes out as the new emperor and kills the old Emperor. Bella is basically tortured by the rich lady. Ends up loosing her tongue and is eventually sold to these fighting pits. She battles until she is exposed as a girl. Then she is sold off again to a noble. The noble offers her to the emperor as a gift.
Now Kris finds Bella from a noble of his. He doesn’t recognize her until she fights someone in front of him. They have a love hate relationship. He heals her outer wounds, but she still hates him.
Enter another male lead from neighboring country who wants Bella. He kills her and puts her soul into another body? This story is getting weird now
On the Emperor's Lap