“Father, please retire to Da’an Palace!”
“Father, please abdicate the throne in favor of Your Son!”
“Father, please bestow Lady Wu upon Your Son!”
“Your Son wishes to make Lady Wu his empress!”
In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, the third prince, Li Ke, stages a coup. From the start, he binds himself to a Tyrant System: the more cruel and debauched his conduct, the greater the rewards he receives.
Face-slapping Li Er and backing Lady Wu earns him “the loyalty of Fang Xuanling, Duke of Liang.”
House arrest for Changle and the slaughter of the Changsun clan earns him “one edict of succession.”
Ordering Li Zhi’s death and provoking his beautiful younger brother’s wife earns him “100,000 Red Flame troops.”
Attacking the Demonic Cult and favoring Wanwan earns him “one Dragon Guard Manor, including its four top experts: Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow.”
Destroying the Song clan and delivering a critical hit to Song Yuzhi earns him “100 catties of hybrid rice seeds.”
From then on, Li Ke goes ever further down the path of a “Cao Thief,” killing entire families and forcibly taking his ministers’ wives, until he becomes the one and only man for all the goddesses of the Tang Dynasty.
Empress Wu Meiniang: “Husband, don’t be jealous. I’ve never liked that good-for-nothing Li Zhi. You’re the one I love.”
Changsun Wuji: “You whelp, Li Ke! I’m Duke of Zhao, with power over the entire court, and you let a few rabid sows have their way with me. You’re cruel!”
His beautiful younger brother’s wife, Lady Wang: “I am a noble daughter of the Wang clan. How can I stay beneath a man forever? This time, I want to be on top...”
Wanwan: “Little Keke, big sister’s feet are soft and fragrant... Mmm, stop tickling me. I’m ticklish.”
Song Yuzhi: “Master, I did as you said and poisoned my good-for-nothing husband to death. From now on, I belong only to you.”
