Why should I have to be a pawn? No! I’m going to flip the board and take control myself.
[Strong female lead + revenge + replacement + harem intrigue + political scheming + the emperor takes his minister’s wife + marriage before love]
Jiang Xingyue, the daughter of the Minister of Rites, was raised in the countryside. After the Imperial Observatory predicted that “a woman with three stars beneath her feet can break the Emperor’s fate of having no heirs,” she was chosen to enter the imperial harem.
Before entering the palace, she gave her first night to the man she loved most.
The Emperor, Xuan He, was cunning and suspicious. He struggled to survive the power games between civil officials and military commanders. Jiang Xingyue’s arrival was like a ray of dawn, lighting up his uncertain path. She supported his plans at court while stirring up storms in the harem.
In the name of love, Xuan He treated her as a pawn. Jiang Xingyue saw through him. Why should I have to be a pawn? No! I’m going to flip the board and take control myself!
Only after Xuan He took power did he learn that Jiang Xingyue had approached him for the sake of revenge. He was the pawn in her hand.
With her revenge complete, Jiang Xingyue was ready to leave.
Only then did Xuan He realize that the woman he had yearned for day and night, the one who had once saved his life, was Jiang Xingyue.
Before leaving, she even said, “An emperor who uses women in the harem to keep the court in balance is a useless man! I despise useless men!”
Xuan He’s heart shattered, but he still let her go, watching as she lived in harmony with his most trusted minister.
Xuan He held back until he coughed up blood.
At last, one day, he made his move.
“I want only you in this life. I can give you the empire, and I can give you my life.”
Jiang Xingyue smiled. “I’ll take the empire, but I don’t want your life!”
