The Noble Consort Tries to Escape, but the Emperor Draws Her Close and Coaxes Her Tenderly

[Devoted to each other + reborn + scheming + power struggles in the palace + one-and-only love] In her previous life, Su Wanzhu was the legitimate daughter of a general’s household. She fell in love with Prince Mu, the wrong man, and became a pawn in his rebellion. Her family was destroyed, and in the end, her half-sister tortured her to death... Heaven had not treated her unfairly: she was given the chance to live again. She was reborn on the very day she fled the city to escape the imperial consort selection for the sake of that scoundrel. This time, she came to her senses, returned to the city, and entered the palace of her own accord, determined to become the emperor’s woman. But the imperial palace was no simple place either. The emperor was “frail and sickly,” there were countless consorts, and the empress dowager held power? To change her fate, she went to great lengths to win the emperor’s favor, only to discover that the “sickly” emperor was far too cunning. His poor health was an act; his calculating nature was the truth. Eventually, she dropped the act and proposed an alliance. He would rule the realm, while she would secure peace in this life. Then one day, the emperor asked her, “My beloved consort, you want only my power. Have you ever loved me?” Su Wanzhu panicked. The scheming emperor was talking to her about love... She promptly fled the palace, only to discover that wanted posters bearing her name had spread across the realm… Later, the emperor pulled her fiercely into his arms. “My beloved consort, will you be my one and only empress?” Should she say yes, or no?