It’s a new book, so a low rating is perfectly normal.
In the third year of Yongchang under the Great Yong, the entire Shen family was executed, their blood staining the capital.
Everyone said the Shen family had colluded with foreign enemies and deserved no mercy.
Three years later, a brilliant young master named Shen appeared in the capital. He entered the Hanlin Academy, quelled factional strife, and secured the borders.
Step by step, he (or she) laid careful plans and missed nothing, sending each of their old enemies to hell in turn.
As the throne, symbol of supreme power, came into view, Shen Qingtang brushed the dust from their robes and gazed coldly across the vast realm.
“I will have this empire.”
