What is the background of the characters in Onmyoji? Onmyoji, across dimensions, connects yin and yang with a piece of paper. All things can transform into spirits, make contracts with many monsters and shikigami, protect the bonds between the two worlds, and fight with shikigami in the other world. The following is an introduction to the biography of King Peacock Ming.
The palace here once belonged to my sister and I. At that time, I was still the princess of the Peacock Kingdom and the future heir to the queen.
At this moment, winter has arrived, and feeling the warmth of the fire, I put the last piece of wood into the fireplace.
In the weak jumping flames, I saw the past. The luxurious feather blankets were covered with ceramic tiles. Not far away were filled with treasure tributes sent by the nobles. The warm flames in the fireplace were burning brightly.
When I was young, I snuggled next to the queen sister and pestered her to tell me the distant legend of the Peacock Kingdom:
"In the distant past, this land was barren, with only sun-blocking yellow sand and mottled rock walls. Until the shining golden divine peacock brought sunshine and sowed the seeds. From then on, an oasis and life were born in the barren land. .
"Sister, I've heard this before!" I turned over and continued:
"Later, a sandstorm swept through the oasis. In order to protect the lives in the oasis, the divine peacock died of exhaustion. His feathers fell and turned into a forest, and his body turned into a river flowing through the peacock kingdom. Right?"
"Yes, the Peacock God is a gentle god. As her descendant, I love the Peacock Kingdom and I also love you."
My sister said softly, took out an amulet embroidered with a divine peacock, and hung it around my neck.
"I hope my Qing can have a heart like jade, pure and flawless, and live peacefully."
When I was young, I rested on my sister's lap, listening to the nursery rhymes she sang. I folded my hands on the amulet, imitated my sister, and made a small wish in my heart.
"Gentle divine peacock, please protect me and my sister from ever being separated."
Until one day, my sister, holding a bouquet of flowers, stood in front of me and said to me with a smile: "Qing, I'm getting married."
At this moment, the flames were extinguished and the last firewood had turned into ashes. I clutched the amulet on my chest and curled up, with only the cold wind blowing in the dilapidated and empty room. Everything we once owned, like a waking dream, eventually turned into bubbles.
I don’t know since when, such discussions can be heard on the streets and alleys.
"Our Peacock Kingdom has been married to the God of Lust since ancient times to ensure the prosperity of the country. But since the White Queen married to the temple, the God of Lust was bewitched by the Queen and began to counterattack the Peacock Kingdom."
As time went by, the gossip became more and more intense. The storytellers on the street took out a paper mache Queen and vividly told how the White Queen seduced the God of Lust, and how she was vicious and persecuted the Peacock Kingdom, becoming the The first traitor to the Queen.
At the climax, the angry people picked up stones and threw them at the paper queen to vent their dissatisfaction. The queen who was once respected by everyone has now become an object of contempt.
At this moment, I was standing in the audience, the noise and laughter converged into a blade piercing my heart, my thoughts went blank, but there was a buzzing in my ears.
I remembered that a few days ago, I sneaked into the Senate Hall and overheard their conversation: "Now that the God of Lust no longer gives us power, the top priority is to offer more sacrifices to the God so that Chi can make a contract with us again. As for those people, we just need to find ways to ease their emotions, such as mentioning the White Queen."
In order to cover up my incompetence, I put the responsibility on the White Queen. Seeing my sister being bullied in this way, I shouted to the people on the stage: "Sir, there is something that puzzles me. Why do you never How about resenting and insulting the direct culprit who attacked the Peacock Kingdom—the God of Lust?”
Hearing the name of the God of Lust, complex expressions flashed in people's eyes, and everyone fell into silence on and off the stage.
"Hey, isn't this the noble Qing Princess? No, my memory is really bad. I almost forgot that you are just a dancing girl serving the nobles!"
The sound of identification coming from nowhere broke the tranquility of this moment.
"What a pity. If you hadn't knelt before the elder to beg for mercy, you would be a slave girl at the mercy of others now!"
Not far away, a bloated nobleman was staring at me with evil intentions.
"Turn into ashes, turn everything into ashes."
Just when the flames in my heart were about to engulf my reason, the amulet embroidered with the divine peacock on my chest shimmered like a response, and my sister's gentle face and soft whispers kept flashing back to my mind.
Pulling my cloak down, I clutched the amulet on my chest and left the scene quickly.
It was a windy night, and the extremely luxurious dance banquet prepared for the noble senators officially kicked off.
With the thunder and rain outside the window, I started to dance. Swirling, jumping, and dancing with a hint of passion and madness, I gradually speeded up the dance pace, and something in my heart seemed to be released.
At this moment, there was a roar outside the window, covering up the first wailing.
I smiled charmingly and stared at them struggling and twitching under my skirt, their bodies poisoned by arrows. Their screams one after another converged into a beautiful movement. Until the end of the dance.
"What is released from the cage may not necessarily be an ornamental bird, but it may also be a highly venomous bird of prey."
The dance banquet turned into a blood feast, and only a few elders survived. At this moment, they were rushing to escape to the gate, but they fell to the ground because of the blood that continued to flow on the ground. I looked down at the elders with a smile on my face. The usually powerful and condescending attitude disappeared without a trace at this moment. They were so vulnerable.
"Assaulting a senator is a serious crime. When the truth is revealed, you will be severely punished by the law and the people will cast aside you!" A senator shouted to me while supporting his body.
I stepped over the scattered corpses and walked up to the senator. I brushed his cheek with my bright red hand and sighed:
"Does the truth matter? That belongs to the strong."
"Just like people don't offer sacrifices simply out of reverence, the peacock god who died of exhaustion for the Peacock Kingdom a thousand years ago, the last monument commemorating her was buried in the yellow sand a hundred years ago. But later it was for the sake of lust. God’s monuments are everywhere.”
[It is impossible for us to be enemies with the God of Lust. Only he can protect the prosperity of our clan. "
The elder in front of me swallowed his saliva and did not dare to look directly into my eyes.
I tore open the red feather skirt and pulled out the red feather sword. Cut the palm of his hand with the shining sword edge.
Seeing the bright red drops falling on the ground, I swore an oath on my blood:
"I will bury the god of lust you believe in into the dust of history. I will step on your bones and bring my sister back. I will let the Peacock Kingdom pick up its glory and bloom in the desert again."
Once again, I returned to the empty and abandoned palace, in front of the fireplace where I had memories with my sister. Only a few damp firewoods were lying there alone in the fireplace.
"This room is obviously so deserted. Why did I always love to sit here alone?"
I brushed my hand over the wood in the fireplace and lit it again.
I brushed my hand over the wood in the fireplace and lit it again.
In the crackling flames, I seemed to see my past self again. She looked at me with innocent eyes and stretched out her arms towards me, as if she was longing for a hug.
I lowered my head and took off the amulet given by my sister from my neck. I held it tightly and loosened it, watching it being engulfed by the burning tongues of fire.
"From now on, I will no longer be Qing, but the Peacock Queen standing on the thorns."
Facing the biting cold wind, I picked up the feather sword and left the empty room.