Bad ending guide for Road to Empress: A bad ending in Road to Empress II where the protagonist hides Liu Xi's body and stays at Ganye Temple instead of assuming her identity, lea…
A bad ending in Road to Empress II where the protagonist hides Liu Xi's body and stays at Ganye Temple instead of assuming her identity, leading to discovery and death.
Buried at Ganye Temple is an early bad ending in Road to Empress II that catches many players off guard. After the dramatic confrontation with Liu Xi in the Prologue results in her death, the protagonist must decide how to handle the body. Staying at Ganye Temple and hiding the corpse seems like the cautious choice — after all, fleeing with a dead body is risky. However, the temple is not a safe haven, and remaining at the scene of the crime ensures eventual discovery.
This ending grants 3 voice messages before the game over screen, making it one of the more narratively rich bad endings. The correct path — dressing as Liu Xi and slipping away into the night — opens up the full Ganye Temple arc including the pivotal choice of what to leave behind (Amulet, Sun and Moon Hairpin, or Soaring Red Kite), which determines the rest of the side story’s trajectory. Players who choose to hide the body learn that in the world of Road to Empress, standing still is never safe. The only way forward is through disguise and deception.