Gu Wu has had many men in her life!
But the one she loved most lies beneath her throne, his bones resting in eternal sleep!
-- Blurb --
A woman's chastity does not lie beneath her skirts, much less when she is an empress who clawed her way to power over heaps of corpses.
Historical records state that the empress spent her childhood growing up like a dog or pig in a desolate courtyard with no sunlight. Later, she used her beauty to seduce powerful ministers at court, and the young lords of the great clans became her lovers.
But once the birds were gone, the bow was put away. The men who had rendered great service on the empress's path to the throne were all eliminated one by one after she ascended it.
Among them, Prince Ding'an Li Liuxuan met the most tragic end. He had loved her with all his heart, only to see his entire clan implicated and exterminated.
He helped me pacify six vassal states and bring peace to the borders. He even rallied his entire clan to help me ascend the throne. Yet once I had power in my hands, I wiped out his whole Li clan.
The Li clan of Nanwu had been the foremost aristocratic family since the Kaiyuan era.
But because of me, this great and powerful clan met its doom.
Many people condemned me for it, saying I was unworthy of my position and had repaid kindness with treachery.
But no one knew that Li Liuxuan, the man they called a flawless, noble gentleman, the General of Dingguo praised throughout Nanwu, was nothing but a despicable villain from beginning to end.
Just as he had been during those endless days and nights in the desolate courtyard of my youth.
He bullied and humiliated me, yet still dared to dream of spending our lives in loving harmony!
Reader Warning:
Gu Sheng means both 'to grow amid weeds' and 'to be without a sound': the silent life of Empress Gu Wu!
The heroine really does exterminate the male lead's entire clan, and the male lead dies in the end too.
This is not a traditional one-on-one romance. In terms of their relationship, the male and female leads have a tragic ending!
But from the heroine's perspective, this is a wish-fulfillment story! She gets her revenge, rules the world, and has a harem of three thousand.
As for the male lead, could it be that the man the heroine spends her whole life taking revenge on is the male lead?
Also, regarding purity, the heroine is definitely not pure.
I know every reader has their own preferences and reactions, but to spare readers who care a lot about a pure heroine from being caught off guard, I thought it best to make this clear.
(If you feel like cursing someone while reading, please don't curse the heroine! Maybe the author didn't write her well, but the character herself isn't to blame.)
Theme: Justice may be delayed, but it will come.
