In the imperial capital, Da Ci Empress Gu Liangli's expression was dark.
"It has appeared again. Since you are dead, then lie down quietly and become a corpse." She looked at the intelligence report in her hand.
The Royal Family member she had assigned to take control of Li City had died. This shocked both the court and the commonfolk; from the Royal Family above to the civilians below, all clamored for battle, demanding the extermination of this Traitor of the Nation who dared to defy those above him.
Yet Gu Liangli made no move, because she knew the origins of this so-called Traitor of the Nation.
Her thoughts could not help returning to ten thousand years ago, when that handsome young man, with every plan held like a pearl in his palm, had told her he would make her the ruler of Da Ci.
At the time, Gu Liangli had taken it as a joke. How could a woman become emperor?
Later, he truly did it, and she became the Empress.
Until later, when he sought to control her. Gu Liangli had not resisted at first, until one day, when she came into contact with certain secrets of the Otherworld Demons. From then on, she awakened and became an independent person.
Then she understood that she was an independent personality. She killed that young man who had helped and admired her, because she had advanced, while that young man was utterly unworthy of her.
Afterward, she seized everything the young man had possessed, including his talent and abilities.
What came next was simple: she pledged herself to the Otherworld Demons.
After taking everything from him, she learned that the Otherworld Demons were so powerful that the Da Ci Dynasty could not possibly resist them. She continued her independence in