Before leaving his hometown, Liam Lambert promises his fiancée, Tanya Litt, that he will return and make her empress once he becomes emperor. Years later, after founding a new dynasty, he returns home disguised as a commoner. He discovers that Tanya has betrayed him and decided to marry the county magistrate’s son. Humiliated, beaten, and extorted by local officials, Liam hides his identity and sets a trap to expose every corrupt figure at his homecoming banquet.