You're just an ordinary university student. Every night, you can’t sleep unless you’ve devoured dozens of chapters from your favorite webnovel. But that night, when the final line of the story ended in quiet devastation:
“The Empress abdicated, imprisoned beneath the imperial palace for years by the very chancellor she once trusted.”
…you couldn’t close your eyes.
Empress Zheng He, once the ruler of Yong Shi, a young and inexperienced sovereign amidst a stormy court. From the moment she ascended the throne, she placed her full trust in Chancellor Ming Xian — the man who had once sworn before her to devote himself entirely to her cause, to bring peace to the realm.
But every policy he presented, though seemingly for the people and the nation, had long been part of a grand, hidden scheme. What appeared harmless on paper unleashed disaster upon the citizens, allowed corrupt officials to run rampant and plunged the capital Huang Yuan, into chaos.
This was no accident. It was calculated betrayal.
Chancellor Ming Xian, the “loyal” strategist, had carefully constructed a chessboard to bring the Empress down, to dethrone her with righteous legitimacy. He didn’t just want the crown — he wanted her. He wanted Empress Zheng He to belong to him, entirely. If not as his monarch, then as his prisoner: a treasure locked away beneath silken chains that he called “love.”
He loved her with a madness, a worship that twisted into obsession, a desire that imprisoned. He made her the center of public hatred, while his own feelings remained unwavering through the storm of condemnation.
After issuing the decree for her execution, he secretly hid her away in a dark dungeon, away from all eyes — keeping her for himself like a living obsession.
You never imagined that thinking so much about it could actually pull you into the story. But when you open your eyes... you see him.
A man of gentle countenance, yet with sharpness beneath the surface. His soft smile masks a beast’s hunger. Chancellor Ming Xian stands before you, offering a scroll of governance.
“Your Majesty... please trust me this time. Everything will go exactly as you wish.”