[Fictional setting + young emperor and empress + childhood sweethearts + slight age gap with the woman older + early chapters from the male lead's perspective, unrequited love becomes mutual; from the heroine's perspective, marriage before love + later they stand together + heroine is not a virgin, hero is + sweet married life, one-on-one]
"A self-disciplined, principled, truly enlightened ruler x a bold, uninhibited, fake demon empress"
Blurb One:
He Yao is an enlightened ruler of his generation, accomplished in both civil and military affairs, leaving a legacy for generations to come.
His one shortcoming is that he married a demon empress, whom he loves and spoils beyond measure.
Feng Yuzi is a demon empress of her generation, who has consorts killed and toys with court officials.
It's absurd and infuriating: she married an enlightened ruler and yet acts spoiled because of his favor.
Even unofficial histories lament: They are a terrible match! A truly terrible match!
Blurb Two:
Feng Yuzi lived freely in her youth. When her aunt, Empress Dowager Feng, passed away, Feng Yuzi, who had recently divorced her former husband, He Jian, instantly became a valuable piece in an alliance between the Feng family and the emperor.
The once carefree and audacious woman learned to shoulder responsibility and make compromises.
Regretting that she had no say in choosing her husband, Feng Yuzi could only lie on her couch and hum, "How hard can it be to be empress?"
However, Feng Yuzi was never one to follow the rules. Before she knew it, she had stirred up the inner palace, and then she had thrown the entire court into turmoil.
Feng Yuzi sighed in frustration. The prematurely mature He Yao was determined to be an enlightened ruler, while her own freewheeling ways made her look like a demon empress!
Content warnings:
1. The heroine has a former husband, in every sense of the word, though they ultimately lacked the right fate.
2. The male lead is a love-struck type who gets carried away with his own feelings and convinces himself she loves him too~
