The Beauty's First Choice

Word has it that the daughter of the Suzhou Prefect is exceptionally talented, as beautiful as a celestial maiden, and famous throughout Jiangnan. When she came of age, suitors crowded her doorstep, and countless scholars and young gentlemen wrote poems just for a chance to see her.

Prince Jing'an was traveling incognito when he caught a glimpse of the beauty. He thought of her day and night, unable to forget her, and immediately requested an imperial edict granting their marriage upon his return to the capital.

The Heir of Marquis Huaiyuan was also lovesick over the beauty, drinking himself into a daze.

Yet when an imperial edict naming her empress arrived, Ning Qi became mistress of the imperial palace in an instant. The entire court was shocked, and many remonstrated with their lives at stake: how could the daughter of a prefect possibly become the mother of the nation?

But the emperor, who had always welcomed good advice and kept his distance from women, not only stubbornly went ahead with it, but also dismissed the entire imperial harem and doted exclusively on the empress, spending day and night in the Jiaofang Palace until he nearly forgot about governing.

Ning Qi: Don't ask. I make a living off my looks.

Reader's Guide:

1. The setting is fictional. Please don't overanalyze it.

2. The female lead is easygoing. One-on-one romance, sweet and satisfying~

Theme: Break down the feudal class system of ancient times