The Wicked Consort of the Cold Palace

In the bleak, cold palace, she gazed at the imposing man before her, tears in her eyes and a smile on her face. “This guilty concubine never imagined that Your Majesty would take such an interest in a useless pawn.” During the Guangwu era, she was a spy sent by the Xiyun Kingdom. She had killed the late emperor by the most ruthless means and bewitched the new emperor with her most seductive charms. Everyone knew she had framed loyal officials, formed cliques, poisoned princes, and strangled consorts. Her cruelty was beyond imagining. But she didn’t care about any of that. As long as she could save her beloved and avenge her fallen kingdom, she was even willing to bare herself and seduce her enemy, becoming his consort one step at a time. As the princess of a fallen kingdom, she struggled to climb to the very peak of power. She never imagined that it was all part of a living game he had laid out. One game was enough to make her suffer through love, hatred, and vengeance, while he watched it all unfold from beyond the board.