Sent as a Bride to Seal an Alliance, I Become the Enemy Emperor's Sole Favorite

[An abandoned princess from the Cold Palace is sent to marry the enemy kingdom’s tyrant. She only wants to stay alive, but he ends up spoiling her rotten!]

She is an unloved princess, forced by her half-sister to marry into a foreign kingdom. Rumor has it that the enemy emperor is a ruthless killer, and she assumes she is doomed.

But on their wedding night, the emperor coolly tells her, “Go to sleep,” then turns and heads to another chamber?

When her allowance is cut, she says nothing and catches her own fish. When others make things difficult for her, she remains composed and impeccably polite.

That cold-faced emperor gradually realizes something is off about this woman!

She practices swordplay in the dead of night, wielding her sword more deftly than the imperial guards. She can see through schemes at court at a glance, and her plans are wiser than those of the veteran ministers. And when assassins attack, she doesn’t hesitate to throw herself in front of him!

“Who taught you swordsmanship?”

“My mother. She said women need to be able to protect themselves, too.”

At that moment, his heart stirred.

From then on

He dismissed the entire harem, keeping only her.

He had her sit beside him at court meetings.

When her homeland invaded, he went with her to fight them back!

When her half-sister knelt before her, she smiled faintly. “Fifth Sister, thank you for stepping aside for me all those years ago.”

From cast-off princess to empress, from bride by proxy to his one and only. It took her ten years to walk this road, and he spent a lifetime honoring his promise.