The Emperor Steals His Minister’s Wife: The Most Beautiful Woman Is Taken by Force

Both leads have had past partners + powerful man and vulnerable woman + a woman who makes her own way. Jing Shu, the Chancellor's daughter, captivates everyone with a breathtaking dance, winning General Jun Mo's hand in marriage and attracting the attention of Emperor Chen Yi.

When they meet again at a palace banquet, the emperor's determined gaze marks the beginning of her nightmare. A charge of treason puts her father and husband in mortal danger, while an imperial decree naming her a consort shatters all her pride and happiness.

To protect the people she loves, she hides her sharp edges and breaks her proud spirit, sacrificing herself to that golden cage. In the emperor's arms, she suppresses her trembling, swallowing all her resentment and tears as she learns to flatter and appease him.

He thinks he has finally tamed this precious songbird, never realizing that beneath her gentle eyes burns a hatred that will never die. As false affection and deceit intertwine day and night, this relationship, born of coercion, has become impossible to untangle: who fell first into the snare woven by the other?