The Regent's Cherished Little Empress

Regent Xiao Yuhuai was a peerless strategist who held the court in the palm of his hand. He was capricious and cold, a demon among men. Everyone feared him, cursed him, and wished him ill.

But after the young empress entered the palace, she stirred a ripple in Xiao Yuhuai’s otherwise uneventful life. At first, he thought she was merely amusing, and that was why he indulged her and let her draw him into her schemes. But in the end, he discovered that even his heart of stone was slowly being moved.

He knew how afraid the young empress was of him, and he knew all too well how she used him at every turn.

It didn’t matter. He was willing to stay by her side within these towering palace walls, entwined with her in a love that would last until death.