The Foolish Emperor Willingly Lets Himself Be Usurped

This is a love letter to you, the person I've loved for seventeen years.

If I were as beautiful as the people in my stories, would you love me?

I don't know.

I give up on loving you.

So I won't lock this story, but I can't bring myself to write it either.

This is a heartwarming story about a lovesick demon consort who becomes the empress of an empire.

Rao Yu thought she was playing the part of a bewitching consort, following the script of a woman who brought ruin to her country. Spoiled by favor, she flaunted her beauty and her cruelty, relying on the emperor's love to repay every grievance and avenge every grudge, using his affection to command the realm.

She didn't know that the emperor who cherished her above all else was giving her a walkthrough for becoming "the empress of an empire." He taught her benevolence and righteousness, and showed her the meaning of integrity and honor. Fate had dealt Rao Yu a lifetime of hardships, and the emperor spent his whole life making them up to her. He didn't fear being called a foolish ruler by future generations, and willingly became the man who protected his flower.

"Your servant pays his respects to Your Majesty the Empress. May you enjoy everlasting joy."

As the storyteller says:

They should have been a wise ruler and a virtuous empress,

but instead became a foolish emperor and a bewitching consort.

They cast aside the golden dragon carriage and the emperor's title.

From then on, you were the sovereign, and I your subject,

while bright pomegranate blossoms adorned a pair of mandarin ducks.