After I Faked My Death and Left, the Empress Finally Regretted It

[Regret] [The Husband-Chasing Crematorium] [Many Clean Romances] [White Moonlight]

Three years ago, I helped her ascend the throne. I conquered six kingdoms for her, pacified the grasslands, and ushered in a golden age.

Three years later, she sentenced me to death by a thousand cuts. My parents, siblings, former subordinates, and colleagues all rushed to fabricate charges against me.

She sat on the Dragon Throne, watching coldly as everyone turned against me, just to force me to bow my head and admit my mistakes.

But she had forgotten that I was the one who rescued her from the brothel, the one who protected her and kept her safe all her life.

She thought the empire was already hers for the taking.

Then, just before my execution, I recited in public the immortal verse, “Though my body be crushed to pieces, I fear nothing, for I will leave my name untarnished in this world.” In the sky screen, snow began falling from the June sky.

Not one court official dared utter a word.

Her hands trembled beneath her imperial robes, yet she still refused to call off the execution.

I closed my eyes, preparing to activate the System and fake my death, leaving this heartbreaking world forever.

At that very moment, an urgent report arrived from the border: “Report! The ruler of Dali offers ten border cities in exchange for Gu Changyuan alone!”

At last, the lofty empress's expression changed. She wanted to make everything right again.

She surrendered cities, executed her favorite ministers, emptied the harem, then traveled a thousand miles south and knelt before me in tears:

“Changyuan, I know I was wrong. Will you come back?”

I looked at the endless regret in her eyes and smiled faintly.

“Your Majesty, our bond was severed long ago.”

Hidden main quest unlocked: Collect the empress's complete remorse to return to the modern world.

She would overturn her vast empire just to have me look back, but all I wanted was to go home. I would never turn back.