Historical romance with high-stakes scheming | A cunning matriarch seeks revenge | A satisfying tale of contrasts | Gradual cultivation | Eight powerful men competing for her | An obsessive, possessive male lead rises to the top | The scumbag husband is ruined | Every character is formidable
Let me ask you a few questions.
First, have you ever seen a wife happier than her husband when he takes a concubine?
Second, have you ever seen a wife secretly use her husband’s money to keep lovers, supporting eight of them without getting caught?
Third, have you ever seen eight lovers, each an outstanding man, competing for the same woman?
Fourth, have you ever seen the treacherous official’s wife, who steals money to keep men, end up becoming emperor?
Never seen it?
Good.
That’s exactly what this book is about.
Her name is Shen Weiwan.
The wife of the Marquis of Yongning.
The well-known fool of the capital.
Her husband took eight concubines, and she neither cried nor made a fuss.
Because she had eight lovers of her own.
Everyone laughed at her for being a fool.
Only she knew
what a huge game she had been playing for eight years.
Oh, right.
Among her eight lovers,
one is the crown prince of the previous dynasty.
Guess who?
Can’t figure it out?
Read on.
