Everyone said that Emperor Xiao Jingyan had spoiled his empress, Jiang Yunshu, into a "demoness who brought ruin to the kingdom" after seven years at his side.
For the sake of a single word from her, he could abandon state affairs and accompany her on a trip beyond the frontier.
For the sake of a moment of joy from her, he could spend a hundred billion taels of gold to build a town called "Modern Times."
When Jiang Yunshu saved Xiao Jingyan from the poison of a curse worm, enduring the agony of her skin being stripped and bones broken as she turned herself into a human vessel for the worm to draw out his poison, she was left infertile for life.
A court official risked his life to urge the emperor to fill the harem and depose the "demoness."
Xiao Jingyan smiled, had him dragged out and beheaded, then said lightly,
"In this life, I will have no one but my empress. Anyone who disrespects her will be killed without mercy."
Then Miao witch Wu Qingyao appeared, the very woman who had once cursed Xiao Jingyan with poison.
Xiao Jingyan claimed he was keeping her prisoner, yet spent his nights tangled up with her in the harem.
He hid it well. Jiang Yunshu only found out six months later.
When she did, it was as if heaven and earth had collapsed.
Jiang Yunshu drew her blade and held it to Xiao Jingyan's throat.
