The Crown Prince Rejects the Marriage? I'll Marry His Father and Become Empress

[A clear-eyed, ambitious heroine who seems gentle but is ruthless inside × a gloomy, unhinged emperor who keeps women at arm’s length]

[Devoted couple, age gap, face-slapping, punishing scoundrels, palace intrigue, political scheming]

Her father dies on the battlefield, and the Crown Prince cannot wait to bring a woman from an enemy nation into his household.

Consumed by grief and anger, Xie Huai enters the imperial palace, carrying her father’s military honors with her.

Everyone thinks I’ll make a scene at court and force the Crown Prince to change his mind. Instead, she makes the emperor an offer that takes everyone by surprise!

A daring decision takes root in her heart.

In the palace, the ruthless tyrant rumored to suffer from a hidden ailment pulls me into his arms. “My beloved consort, do you prefer the Crown Prince or me?”

A fictional setting. Please don’t nitpick the details.