I, the concubine of the Prime Minister's residence, was drugged by my aunt and sent to the prince's bed.
On the wedding night, I pried open the back corner door and escaped into the villa where the deposed emperor was imprisoned.
Everyone said he was violent and sinister and a mad dog.
But I made a blood pact with him: "I will help you regain the throne, and you will promise me to rule the world."
He pinched my chin and sneered: "Deal."
Later, he washed the court with blood, pressed me on the dragon chair, and ran his fingertips across the chain around my neck: "Queen, this country has hired you."
When all the civil and military officials knelt down and shouted, I smiled and tightened the other end of the chain——
What is tied is the new emperor's neck.
*This is a story about a concubine and a mad critic who tamed each other and conspired to conquer the world. *
Reader comments
Okay, it's fast-paced and short, so it's a cool read.
Okay, it's fast-paced and short, so it's a cool read.