Sui-Tang: My System Is Bound to the Empress

I transmigrated to the end of the Sui Dynasty and found myself on the battlefield of Yang Guang’s third campaign against Goguryeo.

The [Warlord of a Chaotic Age System] actually forced me to kidnap Empress Xiao from an army of 300,000. “Your Majesty, forgive the offense! In these chaotic times, good people don’t live long, but villains last a thousand years!”

I only meant to use the empress as leverage and find myself a powerful patron, but instead I drew the wrath of every warlord under heaven:

Yang Guang hates me to the bone. Whenever he thinks of the empress, all he can do is hope I’ll go easy on her. Li Yuan calls me a thief who stole his son’s wife. The Turkic Khagan even asks whether his queen would catch my eye. The great clans hate me for stealing their eligible daughters. Yuwen Zhiji cries out, “Give me back my wife!”

I ignore their outrage. Empress Xiao is at my left, Changsun Wugou at my right, and Princess Pingyang, Li Xiuning, is kneeling before my seat… Just as I sigh that I’ve lived a life without regrets, Empress Xiao chuckles behind me. “Little thief, are you going to seize this realm or not?”

I slap the table. “I am! Your Majesty, hold the line for me. It’s time someone else sat on that dragon throne!”