When she gave birth to a son, the Empress believed he would definitely become the crown prince. Even if he wasn’t the eldest son, he was her son, the blood son of the Empress while Yushin was just the son of a low-level maid. She didn’t think the two of them were comparable.

However, the Emperor strictly adhered to the rule where the eldest son would succeed the throne. The Empress was greatly disappointed by that and began to regard Yushin, the Crown Prince, as a thorn in her eye.

Yushin’s childhood was filled with countless assassination attempts; at some point, he couldn’t trust anyone and couldn’t recklessly put anything in his mouth. If he wasn’t always suspicious and wary, then he couldn’t survive.

Feeling threatened by Yushin’s persistent survival, the Empress sent him to the northern front. The northern front of the Jae Nation was the frontline facing a dense forest where the barbaric minority and the evildoers lived. 

It was a front that needed to be maintained in order to protect the country. It was also a front that was never ending. It was a front that was so dangerous that there were even talks of sending the most dangerous criminals in order to use them, but that was where the Empress sent the Crown Prince.

At that time, Yushin was only ten years old. She told everyone that it was for him to show the dignity and dedication of the Imperial Family to the people, but the Empress only had one real reason - go and die there. However, this...