Powerful Minister: I Lay My Cards on the Table with the Beautiful Empress from the Start

Gu Changyuan transmigrates into the role of the Great Zhou dynasty's chief minister, second only to the emperor, and becomes The Outcast.

Who could have guessed that, in his final moments, the old emperor would secretly order the graceful and peerlessly beautiful Empress Su Qinglian to serve him a cup of poisoned wine beneath the phoenix curtains of her palace in the dead of night, all to pave the way for the crown prince?

Looking at the stunning empress before him, her long legs swaying elegantly, eager to flay him and tear him limb from limb, Gu Changyuan turns around and pours the poison into the imperial tea. He smiles faintly.

"Your Majesty, if you have this chancellor murdered, do you still think you can keep the vast lands of Great Zhou?"

He had thought he was merely fighting to survive a desperate situation. But who could have imagined that the beautiful female general of the dynasty on the verge of collapse, the elder princess who commanded a formidable army, and even the decisive empress of an enemy kingdom would all come beneath the moonlight, cheeks flushed, and corner him against a wall?

"Gu Changyuan, tonight... just who are you going to choose?"