This story will not be going premium. Updates will be irregular for a while, but I won't abandon it. The full story is expected to be released gradually around mid-September, so you can read it all then~
Chen Zhiyi is the daughter of a famed courtesan. Raised in the bustling streets and alleyways, she learned hypnosis from an eccentric master.
Unfortunately, her skills are mediocre, barely enough to scam a few bits of silver.
Until the sixth year of Xian'an, when the Son of Heaven traveled south of the Yangtze.
He stopped for shelter from the rain, and by chance, she got the opportunity to attend him for several days.
Who could have guessed that her half-baked skills would actually work on the sovereign?
One request, "Take me back to the palace," prompted the "foolish emperor" to defy all opposition and truly welcome her through the palace gates.
She started out as a seventh-rank Lady of Attendance and ended up as a first-rank Imperial Consort.
In five years, Chen Zhiyi made the consorts bow their heads and seized power for herself.
An even higher position seemed within her grasp.
One night, after their passion had subsided,
She leaned in as usual, but just as she parted her lips, he caught her by the wrist.
The "foolish emperor," usually so indolent, now had clear eyes and a smile playing on his lips as he drawled:
"My beloved consort, what is it you want this time?"
(Reader's guide: romantic rivalry, but they are mutually devoted.)
Theme: I decide my own fate, not Heaven.
