Originally, Fang Zheng had planned to kill the emperor and trigger internal chaos, leaving the Northern Empire with no time to concern itself with anything else.
But after hearing Kurumi's report, Fang Zheng came up with a new idea.
Fang Zheng had investigated the Northern Empire before. He knew that it had two great generals, Esdeath and Bud. One was a spear, the other a shield. Esdeath was primarily responsible for offense, while Bud was chiefly tasked with guarding the imperial family. Within the empire's military forces, the two of them each controlled half.
However, neither of them intended to interfere in politics. Esdeath seemed to simply enjoy battle and had no interest in politics whatsoever, while Bud rigidly adhered to the ancient rule that "military commanders must not interfere in politics," so he turned a blind eye to everything currently happening within the imperial family.
But now, Fang Zheng had a new plan.
He intended to find a chance to meet Esdeath and persuade her to inherit the empire as Empress after he killed the emperor and General Bud. After all, Fang Zheng had heard plenty about Esdeath's reputation. Honestly, being cold-blooded and ruthless toward enemies was nothing to him. Back when he had gone to the grasslands to deal with the Xiongnu and played "Steppe Cavalry," he had wiped out entire tribes, regardless of men, women, old people, or children, leaving none alive and uprooting them completely.
To Fang Zheng, protecting the civilization of the Central Plains and Huaxia was the foremost priority. Why the hell should he care whether the Xiongnu lived or died?
So all those rumors outside about how cruel, cold-blooded, and brutal Esdeath was toward enemies meant absolutely nothing to Fang Zheng. When it came to dealing with enemies, Fang Zheng was no better