[Mad Emperor|Political Intrigue and Tormented Romance|Groveling After Her Death|Tragedy for Everyone]
Emperor Xiao Heng is fiercely ambitious, sworn to pacify the four corners of the realm and unite the foreign states. Fearing him, the foreign states pretend to offer him a peerless beauty in marriage, hoping to use her to throw the court into chaos and seize power in secret.
Xiao Heng has already seen through their scheme. To secure his rule, he obsessively keeps his beloved captive, alters her appearance, and brainwashes and confines her day and night. He personally pushes her into the marriage alliance, turning her into a blade to keep the enemy in check.
The turmoil of the age is nearing its end, and the foreign rebellion is about to be put down. His grand ambition is almost within reach, but in the end, he loses the one who truly loved him.
The vast realm is in his grasp, and his dream of uniting the world has come true. But Xiao Heng wins the war for the empire and loses his beloved for good. For the rest of his life, only endless regret remains as he sits alone in the inner palace.
