A Soft, Slender Waist: The Darling Concubine Captures the Imperial Uncle’s Heart

Completed!

[Faithful lovers + traditional historical romance + household and palace intrigue + angst before sweetness + fictional era]

When they first met, Shangguan Qingzhou was The Outcast, the regent king and imperial uncle, second only to the emperor and above all others. Yun Wangwan was a courtesan who had fled from a pleasure house.

He paid a fortune to buy her freedom and brought her back to his manor.

She trusted him, loved him, and gave him her heart and body.

Everyone said she was lowborn and impure. They bullied and humiliated her, yet he never stood up for her or helped her.

To him, she was nothing but a plaything to amuse and vent his frustrations on in his spare time.

She endured one torment after another, until even the child in her womb was made to perish.

Staring through her tears at her lifeless child, she finally erupted in anger.

“Everyone calls me a bewitching seductress. Why should I bear the insult without earning it? From this day on, I will become the kind of seductress who can ensnare the soul!”

She swore to conquer his heart and never again suffer bullying and humiliation.

Five years later, he became the ruler of the realm, wielding the power of life and death. At last, she rose from an unnamed bedchamber plaything to the position of Imperial Consort.

There was no love left in her eyes.

His expression turned grave. “Wangwan, is there still a place for me in your heart?”

She lifted the corners of her lips slightly and gave no answer.

She knew that in this world, love was the most useless thing of all...