In this Road to Empress 2 endings guide, I list every important choice, route split, QTE result, Bad End, Mid End, Good End, voice message reward, and achievement I found across the main chapters and side chapters.
Endings, Choices & Achievements Guide
I also include the menu-based achievements and chapter-end features, so this guide can be used as a full checklist while completing the story.
Table of Contents:
General Achievements and Early Tips
Before starting the routes, I recommend checking the Mail on the main menu because it gives 5000 coins.
- History Buff: Click the All Chapters button in the lower right corner of the Storyline at any time.
- Golden Butterfly Chase: Click the Current button in the lower right corner of the Storyline at any time.
- Perfect for the Lazy: Click the Claim All button at the bottom of the All Chapters list to claim progression rewards. This can also be done from the Feats section.
- Lingering Echoes: Listen to 30 voice messages. This triggered for me in Chapter 18, Ganye Temple No Escape 2.
- Lingering Voices: Listen to 100 voice messages. This triggered for me in Chapter 17, A New Era, after I completed the Side Story first. There are more than 100 voice messages in the game.
- Spread the Word: Use the Share feature at the end of a main chapter. Click the button in the lower right corner, then click Save to receive the achievement.
- Always Right: Use the Trait Sketch mechanic at the end of a main chapter. Click it in the lower left, then click Resume a few times.
- Master Detective: Enable Hint Mode by clicking the slider at the bottom of the Storyline.
- A Long Road Ahead: Get 50 endings. This triggered for me in Chapter 22, Another Life 1.
- Hard-won Fight: Get 100 endings. This triggered around Chapter 23, First Among the Nine Consorts, after I completed the Side Story first.
- Flow of the Past: Reach the Chapter Summary, which can be found at any true ending of the Main or Side Stories.
- Screenshot Addict: Take 10 screenshots. Click on the game to bring up the UI overlay, then click the top-most button on the right side to take a screenshot. Do this 10 times. I did not need to save the screenshots.
- Whispers Behind Your Back: Use How Others See You 5 times. These appear in the Main Story only, at the end of each chapter. Click on a character portrait that has three dots above their head. The same one can be clicked 5 times.
- Curious Cat: Watch a hidden video. These appear at chapter ends, but the achievement only triggers from the Main Story. There are 3 hidden videos at the end of Chapter 17, A New Era.
- Time Rewind: Reach a Bad End and use the Tips button for 995 gold for the first time.
- Getting the Hang of It: Reach 50% completion. This unlocked near the end of Chapter 22 of the Main Story for me, after I completed the Side Story first.
- Seen It All: Get all ending types. This seemed to unlock around Chapter 24 of the Main Story for me, after I completed the Side Story first. However, it did not actually trigger until I closed and reopened the game.
Prologue: Make-or-Break Choice
Make or Break Choice
- Leave this place for another life → Liu Xi’s Terms
- Return to the palace and claw to the top → Chance to Meet Li Zhi
Liu Xi’s Terms
- Seize the hairpin and take Liu Xi out
- Beg her not to mess up your face → BE 1 + Achievement: All Part of the Experience
- Give up to keep the Prince of Wei safe → BE 2
Seize the Hairpin
- Pass QTE → Achievement: Nimble Moves
- Fail QTE → BE 5
Clutch Moment
- Pass QTE
- Fail QTE → BE 6
Liu Xi’s Death
- Finally, what a relief
- Bittersweet, can’t shake it off
- Couldn’t care less
What Now
- Stash her corpse
- Bolt out of here
- Make it look like an assassin’s work
After any choice, I go to Chapter 17: Ganye Temple, No Escape 1.
Chance to Meet Li Zhi
- Bust through → BE 3
- Slip the hairpin to the nun → BE 4
- Scream Li Zhi’s name
Never Another Chance
- Pass QTE → Chapter 17: A New Era
- Fail QTE → BE 7
Main Chapter 17: A New Era
Pay Respects to His Majesty
- Greet him calmly → Li Zhi +1 → Respond to Li Zhi
- Greet him with restrained grievance → Strategy+, Li Zhi +2 → Back to the Palace?
Respond to Li Zhi
- Embrace him → Decisiveness+, Li Zhi +1
- No response
Back to the Palace?
- Agree → BE 8 + 1 voice message
- Refuse
Palace Grace
- Exploit Consort Xiao’s resentment → BE 9 + 2 voice messages
- Exploit Empress Wang’s wariness → Strategy+
Unexpected Summons
This is a pivotal choice.
- Act timid and submissive → Wang +2 → Tell the Truth?
- Remain composed and dignified → Wang -2 → Rumor or Truth?
Tell the Truth?
- Actually, we’re more than mere acquaintances → Wang -5 + BE 10 + 3 voice messages
- Just rumors → Wang -1 + BE 11 + 1 voice message
- Yes, it’s true → Wang +2 → The Invitation
Rumor or Truth?
- We’re more than mere acquaintances → Wang -9 + BE 12 + 1 voice message
- Yes, it’s true → BE 13 + 2 voice messages
- Just rumors → Wang -1 + BE 13 + 2 voice messages
The Invitation
- I am willing → Fortitude+
- Serving the Emperor as a maidservant → Wang -2 + BE 14 + 3 voice messages
- Serving the Emperor as a consort → Wang -1 + BE 15 + 3 voice messages
After this scene, I get Ambition+, Fortitude+, Strategy+, then Ambition+, Fortitude+, Prestige+.
What Matters Most
This is a pivotal choice.
- Power → Ambition+
- Li Zhi’s Love → Fortitude+, Decisiveness+
- I want it all → Ambition+, Decisiveness+, Strategy+
Main Chapters 18, 19, & 20: The Unfathomable Rear Palace 2.0 1, 2, & 3
Back in the Palace
There is an auto-split here based on the choice I made at the end of Chapter 17. Power or I want it all leads to the top path, while Li Zhi’s Love leads to the bottom path.
I get Decisiveness+ after either route.
Empress’s Question
- I beg Your Majesty to punish the maid → BE 16 + 2 voice messages
- I believe Linglong did not act with ill intent → Fortitude+
- Aunt, don’t speak of Her Majesty that way → Strategy+ + Achievement: Exactly My Type
Empress’s “Concern”
- My life belongs to Your Majesty → Fortitude+
- I can’t handle this anymore → BE 17 + 3 voice messages
- I enjoy doing chores → Fortitude+ + Achievement: Hard Worker
After this, I get Fortitude+, Strategy+, Prestige+.
What Do You Want?
- Let me gain status by bearing your child → Decisiveness+, Li Zhi +99 + BE 18 + 1 voice message
- Your Majesty should see the Empress more → Strategy+
- Your Majesty should see Consort Xiao more → Strategy+ + BE 19 + 2 voice messages
Li Zhi’s Disappointment
- I don’t want you to go to the Empress → Decisiveness+ + BE 20 + 1 voice message
- This is how I truly feel → Fortitude+, Wang +5
Serve the Meal?
- Step forward and serve Li Zhi → Decisiveness+
- Wait for the Empress’s instructions → Fortitude+
Reunion with Gaoyang
- Greet her first → Decisiveness+
- Remain silent
Questioned Identity
- Smile and remember for future payback → BE 21 + 3 voice messages
- Tear up from the grievance → Strategy+, Wang +2
Polish the Shoes?
- Do it → Fortitude+
- Refuse → Decisiveness+
Handling the Note
- Burn it
- Keep it → Strategy+ later in the chapter
Consort Xiao’s Olive Branch
- Ignore her and walk away → Report to Empress?
- State your loyalty to the Empress → Report to Empress?
- Slap her hard → Decisiveness, Xiao Rage +99, then an auto-split based on the choice in Handling the Note
If I chose Keep it, I go to Rising Tension. If I chose Burn it, I go to Pin on Empress?
Report to Empress?
Report everything to the Empress → BE 23 + 2 voice messages or BE 24 + 2 voice messages
This split depends on whether I chose Ignore her or State your loyalty in the previous scene.
Forget it. Tomorrow is a new day → BE 22 + 3 voice messages
Pin on Empress?
- Turn the mistake to your advantage → END 25 + 1 voice message
- Confront Consort Xiao → Decisiveness+
After any choice, I get Xiao Rage +9.
Rising Tension
- Speak your heart to gain instant favor → Decisiveness+
- Play hard to get to win him over → Strategy+
Li Zhi’s Affection
There is an auto-split based on the choice I made at the end of Chapter 17. Power leads to the auto-split before Spend Your Stipend. Li Zhi’s Love leads to Li Zhi’s Approach 1. I want it all leads to Li Zhi’s Approach 2.
Li Zhi’s Approach 1
- I do → Li Zhi +5, Li Zhi +99
- What do you think? → Li Zhi +9, Li Zhi +99
Both choices go to Your Response.
Li Zhi’s Approach 2
- I like Your Majesty → Li Zhi +5, Li Zhi +99
- Remain deliberately silent → Li Zhi +9, Li Zhi +99
- Like, what exactly? → Li Zhi +9, Li Zhi +99
Your Response
- I’m not going anywhere → Decisiveness+
- I’m not going anywhere for now → Ambition+
There is another auto-split based on the choice I made at the end of Chapter 17.
Spend Your Stipend
This is a pivotal choice.
- Distribute it among the lowly chamberlains → Prestige+
- Buy gifts to please the Empress and Consort Liu → Strategy+, Wang +5, then Fortitude+, Strategy+, Prestige+, then BE 26 + 3 voice messages
Take Her Hand
- Pass QTE
- Fail QTE → BE 27 + 2 voice messages
Is Consort Xiao the Culprit?
- Agree first, then warn Consort Xiao → BE 28 + 3 voice messages
- I believe the true culprit lies elsewhere → Decisiveness+ + BE 29 + 2 voice messages
- I beg Your Majesty to punish Consort Xiao → Fortitude+
What Is Your Wish?
- Let you investigate the case → BE 30 + 3 voice messages
- Let you take revenge on Liu Xi
Force Liu Xi to Confess
- Disguise as Rui’er’s ghost → Strategy+ + BE 31 + 1 voice message
- Imprison Liu Xi and interrogate her → Decisiveness+
A Familiar Face
- Slap her → Decisiveness+ x3
- Don’t slap her
Picking Slap her 5 times and going through the 3x slaps each time, 15 total, gives Achievement: Slap Specialist.
Liu Xi’s Wish
- Shatter her wish → Decisiveness+
- “Fulfill” her wish → Strategy+
Liu Xi’s Fate
- Kill her
- Spare her life
Either choice gives Chapter End + Achievement: The Unfathomable Rear Palace 2.0.
Main Chapters 21 & 22: The Unnecessary Mother 1 & 2
Linglong’s Interrogation
- I was just thrown out → BE 32 + 2 voice messages
- I’ve been lingering outside
- I just stepped out of the hall → BE 33 + 2 voice messages
Brace Against the Ground
- Pass QTE
- Fail QTE → BE 34 + 3 voice messages
Who Pushed You?
- Li Zhong → Strategy+
- Li Sujie
- They acted together
Who is the Culprit?
- Blame Li Zhong → BE 35 + 1 voice message
- Blame Li Sujie → Strategy+, Fortitude+
- Say they acted together → BE 36 + 1 voice message
How Shall This One be Dealt With?
- Soften him up
- Acknowledge him as your sworn brother → BE 37 + 1 voice message
The Poisoned Earrings
- Keep wearing them → Fortitude+
- Replace with an identical pair → Strategy+ + BE 38 + 2 voice messages
- Tell Li Zhi the truth → Decisiveness+ + BE 39 + 3 voice messages
Break the Alliance
- Prevent Li Zhong from becoming Crown Prince → BE 40 + 3 voice messages
- Help Li Zhong become Crown Prince
- Make Li Zhi favor Liu and rile the Empress → BE 41 + 3 voice messages
Makeover Moment
- Go with the Cairen Outfit → Li Zhi +5
- Infiltrate in the night suit → Strategy+
What Did Your Heart Waver?
- From the very first moment
- From the first time You came to my aid
- Even earlier than the day
- I’m not telling you → Strategy+
There is an auto-split that can skip this scene if I picked Power at the end of Chapter 17.
Yuanzhao, Come Here
- Have a taste
- I don’t like lychee → Ambition+
Who Will Inherit the Crown? 1
- Then we should have a child soon → Decisiveness, Li Zhi +99 + BE 43 + 1 voice message
- Keep urging His Majesty to name Li Zhong → Spreading Rumors
So Close
- Kiss him
- Hold back
Who Will Inherit the Crown? 2
- Then we should have a child soon → Decisiveness, Li Zhi +99 + BE 42 + 1 voice message
- Keep urging His Majesty to name Li Zhong
Li Zhi Wants You to Stay
- Stay → Li Zhi +99
- Flirt, then walk away → Decisiveness+ + Achievement: Dragon Tamer
How Will You Use Li Zhong?
- Urge Li Zhong to depose the Empress → BE 44 + 2 voice messages
- Urge Li Zhong to focus more on his mother
Spreading Rumors
- Liu will be Empress Dowager → Ambition+, Fortitude+, Strategy+
- Consort Liu intends to replace the Empress → BE 45 + 1 voice message
Main Chapters 23 & 24: First Among the Nine Consorts 1 & 2
Fill the Verses
Place the left one in the left slot, the middle one in the right slot, and the right one in the middle slot.
Accept the Title of Zhaoyi?
- Quietly Accept → Decisiveness+ + BE 46 + 3 voice messages
- Politely Decline
The Empress’s Test
- Actually, I’m carrying Li Zhi’s child → Decisiveness+
- I’ll devote myself to Your Majesty → Fortitude+ + BE 47 + 3 voice messages
Sister’s Suffering
- I will make him pay → Decisiveness+
- I will help you escape → Strategy+
A Bedtime Story
- Chat about childhood stories → Ambition+
- Chat about embarrassing memories → Fortitude+
- Go to sleep early
Selecting all 3 choices gives Achievement: Sleep Can Wait.
Powder in the Tea
- Expose it now and make a scene → Decisiveness+ + BE 48 + 1 voice message
- Investigate the food first → Fortitude+
Protect the Unborn
- Spread rumors that the child is a girl → Strategy+ + BE 49 + 2 voice messages
- Secretly take the abortion drugs → Decisiveness+
Remaining Medicine
- Destroy them completely
- Hide them in the Empress’s chambers → END 50 + 1 voice message
Beat Youzi to Death?
- Let him be flogged to death / No response → BE 51 + 3 voice messages
- Speak for him → Decisiveness+
Beat Linglong to Death?
- Keep silent and mourn for her → Decisiveness+
- Spare her life and exile her
Recruiting Youzi
- All 5 Traits+
- Be fiercer than the Empress → BE 52 + 1 voice message
- Be kinder than the Empress
Do You Trust Me?
- I trust you → Li Zhi +4
- I’ll help you → Ambition+, Li Zhi +9
Gaoyang’s Apology
- You are always my best friend → Fortitude+
- What’s past is past
Either choice gives Chapter End + Achievement: First Among the Nine Consorts.
Main Chapters 25 & 26: Closer to Power 1 & 2
Resignation Petition
I get Prestige+ here. Read through the 3 officials, then:
- Zhangsun → Loops
- Xiao → Loops
- Ji → Ambition+, Strategy+
- Watch again
There is an auto-split after picking Ji, but I am currently unclear on what causes the top path or bottom path. I was unable to get the top path to trigger, then I closed and reopened the game, and it automatically put me on the top path.
Promotions
- A high-paying honorary post → Ambition+, Decisiveness+, Strategy+
- A post with a lower stipend → MID END 53 + 2 voice messages
Coasting Talent
- Have you forgotten why
- Do you really think you can survive → Ji +1
- Don’t you want to clear your name
Ji Huaizhong’s Concern
- So what if he’s my uncle
- Has he ever spared a thought
- The realm bears the Li name → Ji +1
There is an auto-split depending on the choices in the prior 2 scenes. If I pick poorly, I get MID END 54 + 1 voice message. To progress, I pick the 2 choices that give Ji +1 and get Ambition+, Decisiveness+, Strategy+, Prestige+.
Throw Them Off Balance
- Impeach Chancellor Zhangsun → Decisiveness+ + BE 55 + 2 voice messages
- Petition to depose the Empress → Strategy+
- Petition to grant you the title of Empress → MID END 56 + 2 voice messages
Side Chapters 17 & 18: Ganye Temple, No Escape 1 & 2
Prince of Wei’s Promise
- Take me with you → BE 8 + 1 voice message + Achievement: Distant Echoes
- Kill him
Handle Liu Xi’s Death
- Hide the body and stay at Ganye Temple → BE 9 + 3 voice messages
- Shift the blame and call it an assassin’s work → BE 10 + 2 voice messages
- Dress as Liu Xi and slip away into the night
What Will You Leave Behind?
This is a pivotal choice.
- Amulet
- Sun and Moon Hairpin
- Soaring Red Kite
Danger Approaches
- Run / No Response → BE 11 + 1 voice message
- Pretend to be Liu Xi
There are 3 separate scenes at the well depending on which object I left at the pivotal choice above.
Deal with Official Xia
- Push her into the well → BE 13 + 2 voice messages
- Force her to keep your secret
- Confess your identity and ask her to elope → BE 12 + 2 voice messages
Which Item to Pawn
This is a pivotal choice.
- Peony Hairpin → BE 14 + 2 voice messages
- Amulet → Loops back to the same choice
- Sun and Moon Hairpin
- Soaring Red Kite
I have to swap my choice at the prior pivotal choice because it will not initially be listed here.
Witness Yue’s Crisis
This is a pivotal choice.
- Stay out of it / No Response
- Step in and save her daughter → Achievement: Time to Step In
A Choice Within
- Take Liu Xi’s hand and fall into the abyss → BE 15 + 1 voice message
- No way! I’m not giving up!
Mirage Pavilion’s Offer
- I’m worth more to them than the risk
- We’re tied together now
There is an auto-split depending on which item I traded. For Sun and Moon Hairpin, I go to A Chance to Live. For Soaring Red Kite, I go to The Relationship.
A Chance to Live
- Agree → BE 16 + 3 voice messages
- Refuse → BE 17 + 3 voice messages + Achievement: Prerequisite Clue
The Relationship
- I’m carrying Li Tai’s baby → BE 18 & 19 + 3 voice messages each + Achievement: That Sounds Familiar
- He wronged me → BE 20 & 21 + 2 & 1 voice messages
- I wronged him
There are 2 endings for Li Tai’s baby and He wronged me, depending on whether I saved the daughter or not.
Did You Kill Her?
- I was set up for Liu Xi’s death → BE 22 + 2 voice messages
- I’ve taken more lives than I can count
- Liu Xi’s death was an accident → BE 23 + 2 voice messages
Reveal Her Identity?
This is a pivotal choice.
- Tell her
- Keep it from her
This path is only available if I saved the daughter. Otherwise, it skips straight to Assassin’s Blade.
Assassin’s Blade
- Don’t kill me, I can help you
- That won’t work, we don’t even look alike → Achievement: Not a Good Match
- He’s too clever to fall for something like that
There is an auto-split depending on whether I saved the daughter or not. If I saved her, I go to Cast It on Her. If I did not, I get BE 25 + 1 voice message.
Cast It on Her
- Pass QTE
- Fail QTE → BE 24 + 1 voice message
Fight Back
- Pass QTE → Chapter End + Achievement: Ganye Temple, No Escape
- Fail QTE → BE 26 + 1 voice message
Side Chapters 19 & 20: Dangerous Reunion 1 & 2
A Reason to Be Here
- I wanted to see what lies beyond the palace walls
- I wanted to meet Your Highness
- I came to see Your Highness one last time
Assassin’s Identity?
- She has admired the Prince of Wei for many years → BE 27 + 1 voice message
- One of Mirage Pavilion’s agents → Suspicion -1
- The less you know about me, the safer you’ll be → BE 28 + 1 voice message
Find a Way to Stay
- I don’t want to become someone from your past
- So am I already your past, Your Highness?
A Dagger That Kills
- No one’s around, perfect moment to kill him → BE 29 + 2 voice messages
- Your Highness, I like this dagger
Guard’s Suspicion
- We don’t just sell goods, we sell stories
- Careful. My true identity might scare you → BE 30 + 2 voice messages
- A small token of goodwill. Please accept it → BE 31 + 1 voice message
Gaoyang’s Interception
- A Calculated Retreat
- Gaoyang, come with me! → Li Tai +2
A Calculated Retreat has an auto-split depending on whether I left the Amulet or Sun and Moon Hairpin at the well in Chapter 17.
What Intel to Deliver
This is a pivotal choice.
- …met General Yuan Lichen → Mirage Suspicion -1
- …split into two groups → Mirage Suspicion -2
- …personally killed Xiao Nian → Mirage Suspicion +9 + BE 32 + 2 voice messages
A Deadly Choice
- Leave now and trade news → BE 33 + 3 voice messages
- Honor your promise and help Li Tai
Your Dagger
- Strike at Yuan Lichen → BE 57
- Send a signal to the Prince of Wei
Deal with Yuan Lichen
- Run
- Stay
Scatter Dust
- Pass QTE
- Fail QTE → BE 34 + 2 voice messages
Throw the Wine Jug
- Pass QTE
- Fail QTE → BE 35 + 1 voice message
Win Over Yuan Lichen
- Harming a prince cost your life! → BE 36 + 1 voice message
- Have you forgotten your comrades?
Yuan Lichen’s Concerns
- Do not worry, I can win over Xu Xiaode → BE 37 + 1 voice message
- You should’ve said so sooner
Apply Medicine?
- Yes, this is a good chance to increase his Affinity
- Yes, he was injured because of me
- No, this is a rare chance to get some rest
There are additional scenes if I pick either Yes option.
Time to Deliver Intel
- Yuan Lichen set a trap → Mirage Suspicion +9 + BE 38 + 2 voice messages
- Prince of Wei and Yuan Lichen have formed an alliance → Mirage Suspicion -1
- Prince of Wei’s abs may drop → Mirage Suspicion +99 + BE 39 + 2 voice messages
There is an auto-split afterward depending on which Intel I previously delivered in Chapter 19.
Why Learn to Fight?
- To protect myself → Li Tai +1
- To protect you, Your Highness
- So I’d never need protection again → Li Tai +2
There is an auto-split depending on the Intel I sent in Chapter 19. If I picked met General Yuan Lichen, I go to Li Tai’s Question. If I picked split into two groups, I go to BE 40 + 1 voice message.
Li Tai’s Question
- Because some people are worth everything → Li Tai +2
- Because you have something I want → Li Tai +1
Reveal His Whereabouts?
- Tell them → Mirage Suspicion -1
- Keep it to yourself → Mirage Suspicion +9 + BE 41 + 2 voice messages
Remind Prince of Wei?
- Show kindness → Li Tai +2
- Say nothing
- Why do you care so much about me → Li Tai +1
Side Chapter 21: Beyond the Chains
Ominous Dream
- Tell him about the dream → Li Tai +1
- Say nothing
A Proposal of Marriage
- Knock some sense into him → Li Tai +9 + BE 42 + 3 voice messages
- Ask Xu Minhui what she wants → Loops back
- Your Highness, maybe you should just accept it
The Prince of Wei’s Inquiry
- That sounds like a good thing
- No matter how much it hurts
- Your Highness, do you really care
The Guard Approaches
- Hide in a nearby crate → BE 43 + 2 voice messages
- Keep working
Knock Them Out
- Pass QTE
- Fail QTE → BE 44 + 1 voice message
Persuade Xu Minhui
- Your father misses you → BE 45 + 1 voice message
- The Prince of Wei is more appealing → BE 46 + 2 voice messages
- Don’t you want your family’s blessing?
- His Majesty is more appealing → BE 47 + 2 voice messages + Achievement: Raise Your Standards
- No response → BE 45 + 1 voice message
Minhui’s Resolve
- Persuade Xu Minhui to return home → BE 48 + 2 voice messages
- Let her go
The Letter to Xu Xiaode
- I am already with child → BE 49 + 1 voice message
- I am already married to Danlichi → Chapter End + Achievement: Beyond the Chains
Side Chapters 22 & 23: Another Life 1 & 2
To Be, Or Not To Be
This is a pivotal choice.
- Take the evidence → END 52 + 2 voice messages
- There is also a Yes/No split for Wei’s fate.
- Confess to Li Tai → BE 51 + 1 voice message
- Leave the evidence behind → BE 50 + 2 voice messages
- Risk it and make him hand over
Achievement: A Long Road Ahead unlocked for me here.
Feelings for Prince of Wei?
- Stay silent
- Always
- Does it matter, Your Highness?
The Antidote in Hand
- You’re truly moved
- You’re only pretending
After Rebirth
- I’m finally free to chase a new life → GOOD END + Achievement: Another Life
- I’ll help him, and wait for his return
Reason to Stay
- You helped me obtain the antidote
- Because someone here still matters to me → Li Tai +2
A Trap in the Capital
This is a pivotal choice.
- I will go with you
- Your Highness, be careful → END 53 + 2 voice messages or END 54 + 1 voice message
- Looks like rebellion is my only option → BE 55 + 1 voice message
There is an auto-split on Your Highness, be careful, depending on my selection in Gaoyang’s Interception in Chapter 19. A Calculated Retreat leads to END 53, and Gaoyang, come with me! leads to END 54.
Things Have Changed
- I do
- I don’t
Wine at a Treacherous Feast
- Watch in silence
- I’ll drink it for the Prince of Wei
- Your Majesty, I’d like a cup as well
Li Zhi’s Concerns
- The Prince of Wei
- Remnants of Chancellor Zhangsun
- Beizhao and other foreign states
Li Zhi’s Proposal
- The throne is never what he seeks
- He lacks the power to rebel
- He has already proven his loyalty
There is an auto-split here. Picking I don’t, Watch in silence, The Prince of Wei, and The throne is never what he seeks goes to the bottom path and leads to Li Zhi’s Thoughts.
Picking I do, Your Majesty, I’d like a cup as well, Remnants of Chancellor Zhangsun, and He lacks the power to rebel goes to the top path and leads to END 56 + 2 voice messages.
There are likely multiple other sets of choices that can lead to both paths.
Li Zhi’s Thoughts
- Maybe there is
- Maybe there isn’t
The Path Forward
- The day the twilight is as beautiful
- I’ll be back before long
Kiss Him
- Pass QTE
- Fail QTE
Yue’s Questioning
- His Majesty ordered her execution
- Speak the truth
There is an auto-split after either choice, based on both Reveal Her Identity in Chapter 18 and the choice in Yue’s Questioning. To get the bottom path, I must not tell her in Chapter 18 and then lie to her now.