[Because the author’s hand slipped, I put the wrong thing in the story I started in 2015. I only just realized it was affecting its chances of making the rankings, so I’m opening a new story for this idea. Click my author page to find the ongoing serial of The Emperor’s Unparalleled Favor.]
Synopsis of The Emperor’s Unparalleled Favor:
Wu Xuezhao, the most beautiful woman in the capital, has skin like snow and brows like a painting.
Though quiet and refined by nature, she can captivate and bewitch anyone without even seeming to try. Her alluring charm comes naturally.
Unfortunately, a mishap left her virtue taken by a man.
When her adoptive younger sister, Wu Yingyu, heard the rumors, she felt terribly sorry for her. She hurried over from her husband’s home to comfort her. “Sister, don’t worry. There may still be a man willing to marry you among the ones I turned down.”
Everyone else was waiting to see Wu Xuezhao made a fool of, too.
Some even said, “A beautiful but unchaste woman deserves to hang herself with a strip of white silk.”
Then an imperial edict arrived.
Wu Xuezhao’s fortunes turned, and she became empress.
Those who had once laughed at her now had to kneel before her.
Wu Xuezhao looked at the stunned, speechless Wu Yingyu and smiled gently. “Weren’t you always curious who he was? Do you know now?”
It was the man sitting on the dragon throne.
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The new emperor, Huan Chongyu, rose above the seven princes who vied for the throne and took the throne without spilling a drop of blood. Just hearing his name was enough to make people tremble with fear.
Yet he had a strikingly handsome face, cool and aloof.
The noblewomen of the realm both loved and feared him.
What happened between him and Wu Xuezhao was only an accident.
At first, he coolly promised, “Once my mourning period is over, I will make you a consort, an honor beyond the usual rules.”
Wu Xuezhao did not object.
When the time came for Wu Xuezhao to be made a consort and enter the palace, she actually refused him. “Your Majesty, this subject’s daughter does not wish to enter the palace as a consort.”
Huan Chongyu slowly lifted her chin. His voice was icy, too. “What, do you want to be empress?”
Wu Xuezhao was stunned.
Of course not.
But Huan Chongyu lowered his eyes and said, “Fine. I will grant your wish and make you empress.”
Wu Xuezhao: “...?”
Later, when Wu Xuezhao became pregnant, she said, “Your Majesty, I should not serve you in bed while pregnant. You should go back to...”
Huan Chongyu sneered. “Now that you’re carrying the imperial heir, you think you can take advantage of my favor?”
Wu Xuezhao: I don’t. I haven’t.
Huan Chongyu smiled faintly. “I’ll let you have your way just this once. Attendants, prepare a bed on the floor for me.”
Wu Xuezhao: “?”
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Drowning in Dreams Night After Night
Hopelessly in Love with Her
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