Little Empress

At eighteen, Zhu Qingchen went up the mountain to worship Buddha. Unfortunately, he encountered a heavy snowstorm that sealed the mountain, trapping him for ten days. Ten days later, the ice and snow melted, and Zhu Qingchen descended the mountain smoothly, only to discover… everything below had changed. His favorite small restaurant had become a grand establishment, the owner of his favorite pastry shop had changed from grandfather to grandson, and— His childhood friend, the bandit leader Li Yue, had ascended the throne. Looking at the bamboo horse before him, dressed in imperial black robes, a head taller than himself, and despite his best efforts to conceal it, still exuding a murdero...