[Substitute Marriage + Two Powerful Leads + Political Intrigue + High-Stakes Push and Pull + Male Lead as the White Moonlight + Female Lead Becomes Emperor + All the Men in Her Harem Are Chaste + A Touch of Male Rivalry]
In the winter of the thirteenth year of Jinghe, an imperial decree sent her straight into a den of wolves and tigers.
Gu Fuxue, the frail second daughter of the marquis's legitimate line, took a princess's place and married far away to Beidi.
Her husband-to-be was a bloodthirsty khan of sixty, and their betrothal was a death sentence.
On their wedding night, the candles wept blood.
A dagger hidden beneath her phoenix crown gleamed coldly, but instead of her groom, she heard cries of agony beyond the hall...
The old khan dropped dead. The one who barged through the door was the Wolf King Mu Zhixu, an arrow wound from her still lodged beneath his left ribs.
“When a father dies, his son inherits everything, including you.”
She pressed the dagger to his throat and met his gaze with a cold smile. “Patricide and usurpation, Mu Zhixu. You're quite something.”
From using each other to loving and trusting one another completely, he purged the court in blood for her, while she advised him on strategy. Together, they ruled Beidi.
But in the end, even an emperor's promise could not defy the caprice of fate...
[Content Warnings]
1. A fictional setting loosely modeled on the Song and Liao dynasties. History buffs, please be kind.
2. One-on-one romance at first. Later, the female lead becomes emperor and has a harem of men.
3. The male lead really dies. No substitutes and no rebirth.
4. The female lead is an aloof beauty adored by everyone.
5. The main plot focuses on court politics and intrigue, with romance as a secondary thread.
