[The emperor chases his wife to the crematorium | Disgraced empress returns | Tragic imperial romance | Love through hatred | Wise ruler and wicked beauty | Coercive possession | Love and hate intertwined | Everyone is messed up]
When Shen Zhao was fourteen, she took a blade for Pei Yan.
On a snowy night that year, he held her blood-soaked body and wept. “A-Zhao, you’re the only one I’ll ever have in this life.”
Later, he ascended the throne and she became empress. But as new women entered the palace and the imperial line dwindled, that vow became a thorn in the emperor’s heart.
Pei Yan personally had her sent to the cold palace, then sent her out of the palace to recuperate.
Everyone thought Shen Zhao’s life was over.
Until a year later, when Pei Yan saw her at a country estate.
She was nestled in another man’s arms, smiling, with the pearl hairpin he had personally given her years ago in her hair.
In that moment, the young emperor, always known for his self-restraint and propriety, went completely mad.
He killed the people by her side and brought her back to the palace.
But by then, the central palace had a new empress, and Shen Zhao could never become empress again.
So Pei Yan made her a noble consort, giving her his favor, power, and the confidence to lord it over the entire harem.
She humiliated the empress, meddled in court affairs, and threw the harem into chaos.
Pei Yan only asked her, “Shen Zhao, will you be satisfied only when you’ve driven me mad?”
Shen Zhao smiled coolly. “Didn’t Your Majesty stop wanting me long ago?”
A wise ruler praised by all under heaven × a wicked beauty who throws the harem into chaos.
It looks good, but can there be more updates? It's too slow.
When will it be updated?
The hero or the emperor?