At first: [A scheming, theatrically wicked woman × a devoted, innocent emperor]
Later: [A spoiled little troublemaker emboldened by favor × a mature, warm, indulgent big bad wolf]
In her previous life, Pei Shuning brought all her family's wealth with her when she married her cousin, Lu Jinghong, to whom she had been betrothed since childhood.
But on their wedding night, her husband insisted on taking his mistress as a co-wife.
Pei Shuning was cast aside and died miserably in the street.
Only after her death did Pei Shuning learn that she had been living inside a storybook called My Best Friend and I Transmigrated Together: She Earned a Noble Title, While I Became Empress.
And she was nothing but the wicked supporting woman, there to push the plot forward.
In this life, Pei Shuning refused to be a stepping stone for someone else's rise to power.
She would climb to the highest branch and seize a position above all others.
*
Late at night, the emperor, still damp with dew, carefully knocked on the door of the woman he loved. “Shu'er, I have failed you. I can't make you empress.”
After all her careful plotting came to nothing, Pei Shuning thought it over and decided to grit her teeth and bear it for now.
“I know Your Majesty is in a difficult position, and I know the Empress Dowager dislikes me. But I don't care about a title. As long as I can see you every day, I'd gladly serve as a palace maid, pouring tea and running errands in Chengde Hall.”
His heart ached. He drew her into his arms...
*
Several months later, just after he had drafted the imperial decree to make her a consort, he heard that Pei Shuning had eloped with someone.
At a post station on the road south, the imperial guards intercepted her.
The young emperor's face darkened as he looked at her slightly rounded belly. His voice was tight with restraint. “Shu'er, why did you leave without saying a word?”
Pei Shuning turned away, unusually resolute. “I have no name or status. I can't let my child be born illegitimate.”
She had known all along that she couldn't keep the child. She might as well put on a show and earn his guilt and pity.
Who knew she'd act so convincingly that she seemed to have truly hurt him...
I finished reading it in one night. I personally prefer this genre, and I think the heroine will also have her own career in the future, and will not rely solely on men like other novels. In short, come on, author, I believe you will be popular!!
This book is really good. I hope it can be updated more.
I'll tell you, it's big, don't stop updating it.
Very nice, super sexy