Raising the Perfect Sweetheart of a Male Lead

※ Historical fantasy + magic arts + strange tales + palace intrigue ※ A matriarchal society, with a cast of women ※ I, Fu Qinglian, have a mother who is Chang’an’s richest merchant. She runs a renowned brocade shop, so by rights I should want for nothing. In truth, however, in my mother’s eyes I am the son of a male courtesan, unfit to be acknowledged, a byproduct of one of her passing whims. At fourteen, I obeyed my mother’s orders and took the place of my legitimate younger brother, born to her principal husband, in marrying the tyrannical empress. Unexpectedly, I won the empress’s favor. But just when I was enjoying the height of her love and honor, my jealous younger brother framed me, ruined my face, and threw me into a mass grave to be fed to dogs. As I lay dying, a noblewoman in elegant white robes rescued me. From then on, I had no choice but to rely on my looks and wits to survive amid the chaos of a troubled age...