He clutched my ashes and went mad on the throne for three years.
Everyone thought the tyrant Xiao He loved Shen Liuli most, the woman who clawed her way from the Cold Palace to the rank of Imperial Consort.
He didn't know I had bound myself to the “Nation-Dooming Seductress System.” Every one of his feelings, whether love, hate, or anger, earned me points toward the top.
He knew even less that I was trying to win him over only to uncover the truth behind my family's massacre, and that he was the culprit.
So, on the eve of the empress's coronation, I “died” before his eyes in the Golden Hall, making him taste the agony of losing the one he loved.
Three years later, a neighboring kingdom's regent, dressed in black and armed with a sword, entered the court of the Great Liang Dynasty.
When he saw a face identical to mine, he cried out with bloodshot eyes, “Liuli?”
I raised a hand to touch his trembling imperial robe and smiled with breathtaking allure.
“Your Majesty, now it's my turn to win over your empire.”
