I’ve Crushed the Great Clans, and Now the Empress Wants Me to Marry Her?

Chen Huaixin once again failed to make the gold list. To survive, he could only write letters and poems for others in Chang’an, waiting to take the metropolitan exam again in three years. He had no idea that the Empress of the Cheng Kingdom had already taken an interest in his future. In the first possible future, he cried, “I’ll trample the bones of the nobles beneath the imperial avenue and burn the inner treasury to a tapestry of ash!” Then he turned the Cheng Kingdom upside down. In the second possible future, he cried, “Officials need not be feared, and common folk must never be taken lightly!” Then the Yellow Turbans spread throughout the Cheng Kingdom. In the third possible future, he cried, “One family under Heaven, peace shared by all!” Then he ushered in a whole new Cheng Kingdom! He asked the soldiers, “Do you know how much a steamed bun costs?” He roared, “Why have the six dynasties done nothing but serve the private interests of their ruling families?” He ground the great clans and noble houses into the dirt! When another sunrise came, the future of rebellion had yet to arrive. The Empress, Ji Qingluo, had already sought out Chen Huaixin, who was still writing letters and poems in Chang’an. Ji Qingluo: “To prevent the future in which the Cheng Kingdom falls, I beg you... marry me!” Chen Huaixin: “???”