[Stealing the Emperor's Wife / ambitious, teasing consort vs. obsessive, corrupted minister]
Mo Xi was the princess of the Youshi tribe, with skin as fair as snow and beauty like a flower. She was naturally alluring, her beauty unmatched.
When her family was wiped out, she fell overnight from the clouds above into the muddy depths below, becoming a criminal slave anyone could treat with contempt.
Meanwhile, Ling Xian, the illegitimate fiancé she had once looked down on, rose in rank and title until everyone feared him.
To survive, she used every trick in the book, teasing and seducing him until he escorted her all the way to the capital.
Ling Xian fought on the battlefield and distinguished himself, all so that one day he could marry Mo Xi properly.
But when they met again, he was a powerful minister who held sway over the court, while she was the favored enchantress who ruled the emperor's harem.
No one knew that after the palace emptied out by day, when night fell her true “husband” would slip in, and they would cling to each other in bed in a desperate, passionate embrace.
After enduring countless hardships, Ling Xian finally ascended the throne. Defying the ministers' objections, he made Mo Xi, the former dynasty's enchantress, his empress.
He thought they would live in harmony, their love mutual, until one day he overheard her speaking.
“My fate belongs in my own hands, of course.” Mo Xi toyed flirtatiously with the phoenix seal, smiling sweetly. “No matter who sits on that throne, the most exalted woman in the world can only be me.”
Hidden in the shadows, Ling Xian's gaze roiled as his palm clenched beneath his imperial robes until it bled.
