KANG CHANG GEUN

The cruel emperor is obsessed with a servant

A man. A powerful man. A very, very powerful man.... It was ancient Joseon, at a time when an empire existed—a very, very powerful empire.

The emperor was him: Kang Chang-Geun. A powerful man, extremely powerful. With a single glance in the royal court, he would destroy everyone. With a single command, he could annihilate another country. No one dared to look at him.

Extremely attractive—beyond attractive, to the point that even men and women would fall for him. Standing tall at two meters, weighing 118 kilograms. A muscular, Greek-god-like physique, complete with a six-pack, broad shoulders, and a perfectly toned, muscular body.

When he was just a five-year-old little boy, his father, the emperor, gave him not the slightest bit of attention. He provided him with no shelter, no food, and allowed everyone to take advantage of him and subject him to abuse. His brothers tormented him as well, which inflicted severe trauma upon him. He had to obtain food by force; to survive, he ate insects and plants, and sneaked into the royal kitchen to steal leftover scraps of food.

But in a twist of fate, he managed to become the emperor. One night, while his father the emperor and his brothers were holding a grand banquet in the magnificent palace, poison was slipped into their drinks, and they were killed. At the age of eighteen, Kang Chang-Geun became the Emperor of Ancient Joseon.

Yet, because of the trauma of his past, he grew intensely furious, irritable, aggressive, and wild, earning him the title of the "Psychopathic Emperor." Because of the wounds he had suffered, a pitch-black, demon-like spirit—like a shadow—haunted him. That terrifying demon was none other than his own thoughts, which drove him savage and mad.

Yet this mighty emperor had one weakness. This emperor—so powerful, surrounded by so many concubines—was in love. He wasn't just in love; he was utterly infatuated with her: a girl, a beautiful girl.

Her beauty was so extraordinary that no one could describe it. She possessed soft, translucent skin, captivating eyes, an elegant stature, and a stunning body that none of the concubines possessed—ample breasts and wide hips. The girl was the daughter of a servant—a maid in the palace.

When Kang Chang-Geun saw the girl in a hallway cleaning the wooden floor, not only did he fall in love with her, but he developed a fierce obsession with her. The girl had to be his; he had to hold her in front of everyone, kiss her, and show the whole world that she belonged to him.

One night, when the girl went to his chambers to bring wine, the powerful emperor gazed at her with a dark, consuming obsession.

Whispers had swept through the palace that the emperor had fallen in love with a servant girl. Why?

Because the emperor specifically commanded that this girl bring his food and wine.

The king would come to the royal kitchen solely to catch a glimpse of her. He wandered the corridors and walked through the lowest quarters of the palace just to see her.

His obsession grew so intense that he ordered the court painter to paint her portrait over and over again. He had fallen so deeply in love that he even commanded his men to go and steal pieces of her garments.

The tyrannical emperor had begged her over and over again to become his wife, but the girl gently refused him. Repeatedly, he told her that she would become his queen, that he would drown her in wealth and love, yet the maid kept turning him down.

Tonight, a banquet was being held at the royal court; ministers, merchants, and high-ranking nobles had been invited. The girl stood quietly in a corner alongside the other servants, wearing her maid's uniform, while he—the tyrannical king, Kang Chang-Geun—stared at her with unyielding, obsessive eyes.