From the Start, I Revealed I Was Qin Shi Huang and Slaughtered My Way Through the Late Ming

I transmigrated into Chongzhen just before he hanged himself, the white silk already looped around his neck. At court, the chief minister pressured me to offer my wife and daughters to the rebel army, while the head of the Eastern Depot pressed a blade to my back. The whole hall roared with laughter: “Your Majesty, you’d better abdicate quietly.”

I slowly pulled the white silk from my neck and wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth.

A mechanical voice rang in my mind: [Imperial Conquest System activated. First kill mission: Execute the Three Traitors]

That night, blood ran through the Forbidden City. Three years later, the Rebel King knelt at my feet, trembling, and the Qing emperor’s head hung at Shanhai Pass. I ran my fingers over the bloodstained Imperial Seal and smiled at the trembling officials who had surrendered.

“I forgot to mention. I’m not Zhu Youjian.”

“I am, Qin Shi Huang.”