Tales of a Wicked Tang Dynasty Woman: From Substitute Bride to Empress

A marriage substitution, a redemption, and a massacre.

One pretends to be foolish, the other is ruthless!

There is no romance here, only scheming and plotting, and dealings in power and profit.

Everything is done for the sake of survival.

“Back then, when your father the emperor asked why I was so ruthless…”

Chao Ning sighed and pointed toward the Hall of Political Affairs in the distance.

“In this Daming Palace, where people devour one another without even spitting out the bones, if you aren’t ruthless, no one will fear you. Don’t talk to me about good people being rewarded. Good people die young.”

She does not seek to change history. She is simply an unfeeling machine that drives it forward, and anyone who stands in her way must die.