Great Sui: Jilted at the Altar? I Turned Around and Married Empress Changsun

After transmigrating to the end of the Sui dynasty, Cao Chen becomes the unlucky man whose fiancée, the Tang Duke Li family’s daughter, publicly calls off their wedding. His fiancée, Li Xiuning, leaves a letter to humiliate him: “I admire heroes. You? You’re not worthy!” Li Yuan offers him a consolation prize: “Nephew, take this official post and the gold and silver. It will save my family’s face.” The city’s powerful nobles are all waiting to see the Cao family become the laughingstock of Daxing. Cao Chen laughs in fury. “What a Li family! What a hero of our age!” He activates the Emperor System, gains the First Emperor’s true dragon aura, wields the famed Tai'a sword, and recruits the peerless warrior Li Cunxiao! You want me to endure this? I’ll fight back instead! The engagement banquet goes ahead, but the bride is someone else. He turns around and sends a betrothal offer to Changsun Wugou, who is living under someone else’s roof: “Would you marry me?” That day, the banquet was supposed to celebrate the Cao and Li families’ union. Red silk hung high, and the hall was packed with guests. But the bride was none other than Changsun Wugou, famed for her beauty and virtue! Li Yuan stared in stunned silence, while Li Xiuning was shaken to the core when she heard the news... And this was only the first step on his path to shattering the realm in the Sui dynasty’s final years and claiming supreme power. Years later, Li Xiuning gazes at the imposing figure on the dragon throne and regrets her choice: “Just how badly did I misjudge him back then...” Li Yuan kneels with his clan at the foot of the steps, crying, “Long live the emperor!” Cao Chen gently strokes Empress Changsun’s hand at his side and looks down upon all creation: “Who else in this realm can call themselves a hero but me?”