The Emperor's Passionate, Wolfish Romance

Flashing blades, crossing swords, flames of war,

Rivers of blood, a sight as familiar as any other.

Emperors and generals come and go like lanterns in a procession.

Brutal, savage.

Heroes take up their swords and quell the chaos,

Slaying tyrants and accepting the throne.

Three palaces, six courts,

Three thousand beauties,

Every beauty under heaven for the choosing...

I ruled the realm for forty-eight years,

And once led a northern campaign into the Central Plains.

Who could have foreseen the Rebellion of Hou Jing?

What I gained, I gained myself;

What I lost, I lost myself.

How much grief and resentment was left behind...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any similarities are purely coincidental. Do not imitate.