Female protagonist in a man’s body, the entire harem engages in affairs, ships broken up, multiple pairings, both girl-boy and boy-boy relationships.
There may be out-of-character moments. Any differences are original interpretations.
1. The outwardly benevolent but inwardly venomous Empress versus the regent imperial uncle who holds power over the court
On the rainy night her son fell gravely ill, Yixiu finally gave up hope.
Her husband had never cared for her or their son. He only cared about the joy of her elder sister’s pregnancy. Kneeling in the dark night, she finally understood that there was only one way left to survive. For her son’s sake, she had no choice.
2. The young man who rode in on a bamboo horse versus the girl who played around his bed
Years after her father offered her to the emperor and sold her into the Purple Palace, she could finally speak to him again, from neither too close nor too far away.
The nights in the palace were so dark and long that she could count every single brick and stone.
She knew how to see him again.
3. Zhen Huan: meeting through poetry, hearts entwined for years
4. Shen Meizhuang
5. Xuan Qing versus the Imperial Preceptor
