The Substitute’s Sweet Indulgence: The Tyrant Falls for Her

Tags: ** Palace Intrigue, Substitute Romance, Transmigration, Mind Reading, Taking by Force, Devoted Love **

After transmigrating, Shen Zhiwei became the sole survivor of the Shen family, following the destruction of the Minister Shen’s household in the Great Jing Dynasty.

She was adopted by the Grand Tutor’s household, and five years later entered a palace banquet as the Grand Tutor’s adopted daughter.

From atop the imperial throne guarded by nine dragons, the young emperor Xiao Zhi, notorious for his cruelty, let his gaze linger on her for the first time.

It was only because her face looked so much like that of the departed woman he had loved.

From then on, she became a pawn in his schemes and a substitute in his bed.

He looked through her eyes as he yearned for someone else, yet her mind-reading ability laid bare every desire, struggle, and flutter of his heart that he tried to suppress.

Xiao Zhi believed he was controlling a docile illusion, unaware that Shen Zhiwei was calmly listening to every beat of his heart as she carefully navigated the whirlpool of passion and political intrigue.

She thought she stood outside the game, but she had long since been drawn into it.

He thought he only wanted a shadow, but in the end, he could not resist falling in love.

When the contract that made her his substitute is torn up, what will become of a relationship that began with substitution and secret observation?