Here comes the companion novel to The Prime Minister’s Beloved Daughter Rules the Harem!
Song Yaohua was personally chosen as empress by Empress Dowager He Xuanyu. She was the daughter of Song Xuanrui, the empress dowager’s childhood sweetheart, and the most honored woman in the imperial harem. But her emperor husband had eyes only for his first love.
Three months after ascending the throne, Xiao Jinyan defied the empress dowager and brought Su Wan’er into the palace, naming her Worthy Consort. He spent night after night with her, showering her with favor. Spoiled by the emperor, Su Wan’er grew arrogant: today she framed Consort Shu, tomorrow she set up a noble lady, and the day after that she even tried to bring down the empress.
The entire harem waited to see the empress make a fool of herself. The Worthy Consort had the emperor’s favor, but what did the empress have?
The empress had the empress dowager.
Empress Dowager He Xuanyu was the late emperor’s most beloved woman, a master of palace intrigue who had fought her way from Noble Lady to empress.
She watched Su Wan’er’s antics with cool indifference and said just one thing to the empress: “As long as I’m here, you’ll remain empress.”
Su Wan’er joined forces with the newly arrived Consort Shu and Noble Lady Liu, setting an inescapable trap to depose the empress and seize the throne. In court, the ministers knelt and demanded the empress’s removal; in the harem, conspiracies closed in at every turn.
The empress thought she was doomed.
But the empress dowager smiled. “I ruled the harem before you were even born.”
At the next morning’s court assembly, the empress dowager donned her phoenix robes and attended in person.
In front of all the officials, she laid out every piece of evidence against Su Wan’er, one by one.
“Who dares lay a hand on my empress?”
[Empress Dowager has her back | First love causes trouble | Deeply devoted imperial couple | Married first, fell in love later | Groveling to win her back]
