The Emperor's Decree of Favor

New novel His Majesty Is a Possessive Crazed Lover is now available. Click the author's page to view it. [Weibo: Zhuang Zhou Wa] After turning fifty, Old Master Sang finally passed the highest imperial examination and entered the court as an official. Just then, the court was discussing the selection of imperial consorts. Old Master Sang's daughter was famous throughout the land, and some busybodies suggested that she enter the palace to serve the emperor. After much hesitation, Old Master Sang called off Sang Shen's marriage. Then an imperial decree arrived, and Sang Shen was sent into the palace. At first sight of the man, Sang Shen thought it would be fair to say that his beauty outshone the years. She hadn't expected him to be so cold, though. He was quiet and spoke coldly, but he wasn't cruel. It was as if he were giving her the silent treatment! Only later did she learn that this emperor, who had a harem of three thousand beauties, was not what she had imagined. He seemed never to have even held hands or kissed anyone. "..." Later still, the aloof, taciturn emperor stuck to her every day, telling her all the dry jokes he'd just learned in hopes of making her smile. Later, later still, Sang Shen stared in confusion at the decree appointing her empress. Bonus scene: Sang Shen missed home and cried for a little while that night. When Li Ting returned, he frowned slightly, picked her up, and said in a soft, conciliatory voice, "Be good, Shen Shen. How about I take you home tomorrow? Don't cry anymore. My heart aches so much for you." Bonus scene two: Before Sang Shen entered the palace, she had been engaged to a man. For a while, Li Ting was so angry he couldn't sleep for days and nights. But that heartless woman didn't know how to soothe him at all. In the end, he was still the one who went crawling back to her, pretending to be fierce as he said, "You'd better never come and coax me, then!" Sang Shen gazed at him pleadingly. Li Ting's breathing was uneven, and his resolve faltered. "And don't look at me like that, either. I'm not falling for your poor-little-me act..." Li Ting fell silent because she tugged on his hair and softly said, "Ting Ting." Those two words made all the anger in his heart crumble. He took a few deep breaths, then held her and lifted her chin. "There must only be me in your heart. Understand?" Sang Shen's eyes curved into a smile. She loved it when this man got jealous for no reason. (On the outside, I act like I know everything, but I haven't even had my first kiss.) A taciturn, possessive, obsessive emperor × a gentle heroine in public and "vicious" in private. 1: Both leads are pure, in body and mind. 2: The harem will be disbanded! 3: Fictional setting! Entirely fictional! 4: The blurb has been screenshotted. 5: Weibo: Zhuang Zhou Wa [, ] Coming next: Dream Song. Here's the blurb. Everyone said Xu Yuancheng was born lucky: she had a good family, and while she was still in the Duke's wife's womb, the royal family had already chosen her to become their son's bride. She had never suffered the slightest grievance, from childhood onward. But all the glory of the Duke's household came to an end on the day Xu Yuancheng and the heir, Li Shu, eloped. Li Shu was a dissolute man, left to his own devices and notorious in the capital as a wastrel. He was good for nothing, except for his silver tongue and his ability to sweet-talk women. She summoned all the courage she had, threw caution to the wind, and thought she had found the right man. But Li Shu didn't care. He ordered her around and made her suffer. When she fell seriously ill, he simply turned on his heel and went back to the capital, where he married and had children, without a thought for whether she lived or died. She was brought back to the capital, but no medicine could save her, and she died with hatred in her heart. - When life began again, Xu Yuancheng burned every last one of his shabby poems, then gritted her teeth and made a wise choice. She donned her phoenix crown and wedding robes, entered the Eastern Palace, and preserved all the glory of the Duke's household. On their wedding night, the man's clean, slender fingers lifted her chin. A hint of amusement glimmered in his eyes. "Why are you speaking so softly, like a cat meowing?" The corner of his mouth lifted slightly. "Are you afraid of me?" Xu Yuancheng shook her head, then nodded. Xu Yuancheng did everything in her power to ensure that when the man successfully ascended the throne, she would keep his favor and smoothly take her place as empress. Later... One night, Yan Cheng looked at Xu Yuancheng and suddenly felt mischievous. He cornered the little woman in the innermost part of the bed, curled his lips, and said unhurriedly, "Come on, call me husband. Let's hear it." Looking at the man's handsome face, so different from his true nature, Xu Yuancheng trembled with fear and timidly called out, "Hu... husband." That one word made Yan Cheng melt to the bone. After that, whenever night came and he tossed and turned, he would think of her calling him husband, leaving him unable to sleep in the small hours of the morning. Yan Cheng thought Xu Yuancheng was terribly ungrateful. He had given her the throne of empress and his affection, yet she still acted all delicate and fragile, impossible to scold. The music ended, and the dance stopped. Yan Cheng stretched out his long arm and drew the exhausted Xu Yuancheng into his embrace. His voice hoarse, he said, "Do you want something from me?" After a pause, he added, "I'm not falling for that act." Xu Yuancheng's lovely face flushed, and her jade-like fingers rested on the man's shoulder. The instant she touched him, he frowned, but then indulged her: "Granted." Granted? She hadn't even said what she wanted. Both leads are virgins. The blurb was screenshotted on March 8. The heroine isn't a delicate, simple-minded fool. She has plenty of little schemes in her heart. She only acts delicate because she thinks the hero likes delicate women! A cold, indifferent Crown Prince × a willful, alluring Crown Princess Theme: We will always be together