Reborn as a Cannon-Fodder Empress Dowager, I'm Starving, and the Wolfish Regent Is Wicked and Greedy

[Historical political intrigue + palace scheming + intense push and pull + psychological warfare + strong heroine + taming a difficult man + love and hate + reverse forced romance]

When Pei Zheng returns to the capital victorious, he hears that the young Empress Dowager has been taking in handsome lovers. That night, he storms the palace with his sword and corners Shen Jingyu before the imperial throne. “I was away from the capital for a year, and you’ve already found someone new?”

The entire court thinks she is a songbird trapped in his hand.

No one knows that those “lovers” are all pieces she planted among the great clans.

He teaches her political strategy, so she takes his military authority, cuts off his allies, and seals off every escape route.

By day, the two make their moves against each other from across the court.

By night, he presses closer at every turn, feigning jealousy, while she smiles and plays the weakling, luring him neatly into her trap.

Until one stormy night, Pei Zheng lies defeated and bloodied on the battlefield, only to look up and see her seated on the imperial throne.

Shen Jingyu lifts his chin. “Will you be Her Majesty’s consort, or die?”