Boom!
"Empress, come out! Today I'll tear you limb from limb!"
The guards quickly surrounded the intruder. The captain saw the bashful woman in the man's arms and rubbed his eyes in disbelief. A closer look made his face change drastically. "Everyone, stand aside!"
The guards, who had been charging forward, were bewildered but moved aside to make a path.
They watched as the man carried the peerless beauty toward the main hall, step by step, then sat down on the empress's throne.
The guards looked at one another in shock. Was the commander betraying the empress and defecting to the enemy?
Not long afterward, someone inside the hall shouted, "Long live the young lord!"
And the people outside? Had one man really changed the dynasty all by himself?
