In the shadowy cave, a dying flame cast flickering light over its walls. The man looked down at the woman kneeling before him, his voice hoarse and indignant. "Am I so repulsive to you that you avoid me as if I were a venomous snake or scorpion?!"
The woman's face was deathly pale, her expression sorrowful. Her frail shoulders and neck held a stubborn curve. "Your Majesty's favor leaves me with only one way to repay your kindness: death."
This is a melodramatic palace story about a prince who takes a liking to his brother's (subject's) fiancée while fighting for the throne. After becoming emperor, he abandons all shame and self-respect, employing every kind of plot and scheme to forcibly claim his subject's wife.
Theme: A story of coercive love and possession
