Demons run rampant, people-eating is the way of the world, and a girl is raised to become an overbearing yandere empress. There's only one heroine.
Everyone knew Wang Lang was born a beggar and still dreamed of currying favor with the great clans. They all laughed at him.
“I have no habit of sharing a room with beggars. Leave at once, or I'll have my guards throw you out!”
A noblewoman pinched her nose, looking slightly embarrassed as she rejected Wang Lang's offer of allegiance.
“Even with your peerless talent, Wang Lang, without my support, they'll devour you piece by piece sooner or later!”
A prince failed to recruit him and, furious with humiliation, tried to have Wang Lang killed.
“Hmph. He's a nobody born a beggar. I'll wipe him off the face of the earth,” sneered the heir of one of the most powerful clans.
When asked how he felt about it, Wang Lang smiled calmly. “Seems I'm not good enough. Then let my wife talk to you.”
Years ago, he had raised a girl, showing her fields of flowers and emerald seas, and doing everything he could for her.
Now that girl had attained the realm of the Great Emperor.
Rumor had it that the great clans had long harbored rebellious ambitions, but the young empress still couldn't bring herself to act. Then one day, a corpse torn apart by five horses was dumped before her.
“Who is this?”
the empress asked calmly.
“Your Majesty, he had a letter on him. He called himself Wang Lang, an old friend of yours from many years ago...”
The empress's voice suddenly grew eerily calm.
“Did those clans do this?”
“Most likely... But they were also the ones who helped you secure your throne...”
“This empire? I don't want it anymore.”
