Her Majesty Chose Violence, They Chose Her

"I want to see the Empress."

Su Wu looked at Xie Liuzheng, cool and aloof, and spoke only a single sentence.

"I want to see the Empress."

Xie Liuzheng understood. This fellow transmigrator clearly didn’t like her.

"If you’re not willing to talk to me, then fine. But Your Majesty isn’t someone you can see just by asking. As a criminal, you don’t carry enough weight."

Xie Liuzheng turned and left as soon as she finished speaking. The system had already identified his movement technique; if he wanted to act all high and mighty, he could do so alone.

Su Wu’s original name was Su Liang. His soul had transmigrated into the body of a young scholar named Yu Xiao, after which he renamed himself Su Wu.

Before transmigrating, Su Liang had been a corporate wage slave. He came from a comfortably well-off family, had studied business administration, and worked for a foreign-owned enterprise after graduation.

He had always been an outstanding student and the pride of his parents, but working there dealt him a crushing blow.

The intense pressure of the job and the complicated office politics drove him into depression in less than a year. Finally, after a night of heavy drinking, he died in traffic at the age of twenty-four.

He never imagined he would get to transmigrate. Right after arriving in this new world, he happened to meet the daughter of Marquis Wucheng. He had been given an incredibly handsome face and physique, and because he saved the Marquis’s daughter, she took a liking to him.

Realizing he might have been handed a Long Aotian protagonist’s script, his depression vanished in an instant, and he became full of confidence.

He used his modern knowledge to help Marquis Wucheng out a few times, and just as he expected, everything went smoothly. What’s more, every woman he met seemed to take a special interest in him. ’Isn’t this the classic Long Aotian from a male-oriented web novel?’

At first, he wanted to be an enigmatic strategist, forging alliances and manipulating Imperial Power from the shadows.

But he was the protagonist of a male-oriented story, he told himself. A protagonist’s plot armor wouldn’t allow him to remain a mere strategist. Once the world was his and everyone was conquered by his abilities, the great tide of destiny would surely carry him to the supreme throne.

He was firmly convinced that every woman who laid eyes on him would eventually fall in love with him.

Although the failed rebellion dealt him a heavy blow, he soon saw a new glimmer of hope.

Previously, he had assumed the Empress was ugly and cruel, and his goal had been to assassinate her and seize Imperial Power. But the moment that female General arrived to capture him, he had a sudden realization: perhaps he had already met the Empress.

That beautiful young gentleman in Liangzhou City, the one disguised as a man, was actually a woman.

The current Empress was seventeen or eighteen years old and had presented herself as a man in her youth. Most importantly, at that time, the Empress had just returned from Beimeng and was in the nearby Luoyan City.

’She must be the Empress,’ he thought, ’traveling around for fun with her female guard.’

So many stories were written just like this: a young Princess or the daughter of a wealthy family, curious about the lives of commoners, disguises herself as a man to explore. Then, she has a fateful encounter with the male protagonist, sparking a legendary romance.

’Isn’t everything playing out exactly according to the script now?’

He might have been captured, but as long as he displayed his unique and proud nature, the Empress would surely take special notice of him. She would grow interested, come to rely on him, and ultimately fall in love with him. In the end, she might even hand over the entire empire to him and willingly become a member of his harem.

Su Wu believed this with all his heart. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? Why else would he, of all people, have run into the Empress in Liangzhou?

Ahem... as for the fact that he’d run into the Empress in Luoyan City only to be captured and nearly killed right after, he conveniently failed to mention that part.

Even though he had lost, his reputation preceded him. He had demonstrated his brilliant talents as a strategist.

’The only reason the Empress could defeat me,’ he reasoned, ’must be because that other transmigrated woman gave her the formula for gunpowder and the blueprints for cannonballs.’

’But conquering an empire is easy; ruling it is hard. The Empress will definitely need a talent like me to assist her.’

’And as for that other transmigrator... I’m the one who’s truly from her world. She must be curious about me. She’ll seek me out for comfort, and in the end, she too will become a tool for my use.’

’This suffering is only temporary. The future of this world is destined to be mine.’

In short, Su Wu clung to his wonderful delusions, maintained his aloof facade, and waited for the Empress to personally come and recruit him. Then, he would embark on his magnificent, heaven-defying path to godhood.

In reality, Xiao Yang was only curious about one thing: whether he was actually a transmigrator.

Once she had confirmed his status, she left.

Use him?

Based on his actions in this world, it was easy to see that he was an obstinate, arrogant, narcissistic poser. He was ambitious, but incompetently so, only capable of goading others into sacrificing their lives for him.

Just look at the fates of Marquis Wucheng and King Huainan. Xiao Yang had no desire to be the third fool.

He even had to resort to stealing the gunpowder formula; she found it hard to imagine he’d be capable of any real scientific innovation.

’I’d be better off using the system than using him.’

System: "..."

"I’m a system, not your personal cheat code."

Besides, it was Xie Liuzheng’s system, designed to help her follow the plot and find love. Why was it now being squished and kneaded in the Emperor’s hands?

’Doesn’t a dignified Emperor like her understand the concept of personal boundaries?’

Xiao Yang looked at its face, which had puffed up into a ball, and flicked it with her finger.

"Tell me, how did this world become as porous as a sieve? There are so many transmigrators we could field a mahjong table. Who knows how many more are out there? What’s going on?"

System: "How would I know? I’m just a system."

Xiao Yang said scornfully, "You’re completely useless. What are you even doing here?"

System: "I’m waiting for my host to get married and have children. Then I can go home."

Xiao Yang let out a laugh. "And who is she supposed to marry and have children with?"

The system answered without hesitation, "The male protagonist, duh."

Xiao Yang asked coolly, "And who is the male protagonist now?"

System: "You are."

Xiao Yang clicked her tongue. "What an idiot."

The system, finally realizing that Xiao Yang was a woman and therefore couldn’t have children with Xie Liuzheng: "..."

’This long, long life is completely hopeless.’

Xiao Yang, who had been treating it like a stress ball, had a sudden idea. "I can touch you... do you think I could boil you in a soup and eat you?"

The entire fish-like system instantly flushed red. "Have you no humanity? No morals? I’m a pufferfish! You think I can’t poison you to death?!"

Although Xiao Yang was tempted and unafraid of death, there was only one of this particular pufferfish. Once eaten, it would be gone forever. In the end, she could only regretfully abandon the idea.

「Two days later.」

Su Wu met his end: execution by beheading.

Aside from casualties of war, Xiao Yang hadn’t ordered any executions since.

With so many mines, she was in desperate need of labor.

But Xiao Yang couldn’t send Su Wu to the mines. Otherwise, he would probably start an uprising in Beimeng within half a year.

Her numerous mines were not meant to become capital for his rebellion.

She wasn’t afraid of him rebelling, but suppressing it would cost manpower and resources. And if people died in the fighting, who would be left to work her mines and develop the frontier?

So, for the good of everyone, she had no choice but to kill Su Wu.

When Su Wu learned of the Empress’s sentence, he simply couldn’t believe it.

’How could the Empress do this to me?’

"I want to see the Empress! Let me see the Empress!"

"The Empress would never let me die! I can help her conquer the world!"

"I gave the Empress a Jade Pendant as a token of our love! I’m her man! You can’t kill me!"

Hearing Su Wu’s ravings, the escorting soldiers silently quickened their pace.

’Are you for real, buddy? You’re a rebel, a strategist for the insurrection. The Empress is in love with *you*? Why don’t you just go ahead and claim you’re the Emperor himself?’

’What a daydreamer.’

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