Tyrant, Let Me Go! The Saintly Empress Is My Mortal Enemy

[Traditional palace and household intrigue + struggles for the throne + favoring concubines over the empress + revenge on scumbags + love and hate + a scheming, no-nonsense empress] When Yan Beiheng led his troops to subdue the barbarian kingdom on the northern frontier, he encountered Luo Jiuyuan, who was fleeing with her child, and brought her back to the palace. That very night, Empress Shen Zhiyi was caught in bed with her childhood sweetheart. In a single night, she was deposed and sent to the Cold Palace. Yan Beiheng fell for Luo Jiuyuan at first sight. Though he granted her no official title, he bestowed upon her the former empress’s residence, Kunning Palace. Then, during a time of turmoil at court, Yan Beiheng was poisoned and nearly died. Thanks to Luo Jiuyuan’s timely treatment, he survived. They thought they could now enjoy a happy life together, devoted only to each other. But just as Yan Beiheng elevated Luo Jiuyuan to empress in a single day, the deposed Empress Shen Zhiyi suddenly returned with the Crown Prince, Yan Yunqi. She joined forces with the assembled officials to force Luo Jiuyuan to agree to two conditions, declaring that only after she fulfilled them could she be installed as empress. Luo Jiuyuan did not refuse. She agreed on the spot. In just three months, she turned the tide single-handedly, bringing the five northwestern kingdoms completely to heel and securing the title of Empress of Daluan. Yet having the Crown Prince registered under her name, expanding the scumbag emperor’s harem, bearing more heirs to the imperial line, and even stirring up a bloody struggle for the throne within the palace were all merely part of her plan…