Poisonous Steps Across the World

The prince is ruthless, the master is ruthless, and the heroine has a wicked tongue. With a pair of hands skilled in poison and a sharp tongue, she made her name in the martial world without ever needing a blade. No matter how many grievances she suffered, she met them with a laugh. Love turned to poison, and she rose to the top of the world with it. Not long after the new emperor ascended the throne, he deposed his first wife, Empress Chang, and confined her to the palace. Before long, she died. The deposed empress left behind a letter titled "A Confession of Guilt." That same year, every adult man in the Chang family was executed. The remaining women and children were sent into exile, enslaved, or forced into service as maids or prostitutes, condemned forever to the lowest social status. That same year, the new emperor's younger brother, Prince Ning, remained in the capital and married the daughter of a great general as his principal consort. Five years later, a great drought struck Shandong and Zhili. The crops failed, corpses piled up like hills, and the fields were littered with starving people. People resorted to cannibalism, and bandits roamed everywhere. Yet the imperial capital remained prosperous as ever. A new porridge shop opened on a street corner. Just as always, some people left, and others came. P.S. My original intention was to make this a heart-wrenching, poisonous, poisonous, poisonous story. But I'm afraid it'll accidentally turn into a comedy, so for now the plan is a tragic story wearing the cheerful skin of a lighthearted comedy. Whether I can pull it off... we'll see.