The Tang family’s daughter entered the palace, bringing her pocket dimension with her.
To make the emperor dote on me alone among his three thousand beauties, Tang Ying snuck the selected women into her pocket dimension one by one.
The emperor was astonished to discover that one woman disappeared from his harem every day. Before long, the vast palace was left with only the most lively Tang family girl.
There was something strange about this woman! The emperor began following Tang Ying.
Tang Ying had already spirited away every beauty in the harem and was on a roll. She thought about it, then realized there was still the Cold Palace!
So the long-abandoned Cold Palace began losing its beauties too. One a day, no more, no less.
The emperor lost his patience. “Tang Ying! Bring them all back!”
Tang Ying looked utterly innocent. “Your Majesty! What are you talking about? Yingying doesn’t understand a thing.”
The Tang family girl began to sob, sneaking a glance at the emperor as she cried and thinking to herself that she had to hurry up. There were still a few beauties in the Cold Palace who were too lovely to leave behind.
The emperor’s face darkened. “Enough. Whatever you want, I’ll give it to you.”
Tang Ying lowered the sleeve she’d been using to hide her face and smiled shyly. “I want to be the only one you love. And I want to be empress.”
At last, all the beauties in the pocket dimension were released.
In exchange.
That night, Tang Ying attended the emperor. She whispered, “Be good, don’t be scared. As long as you don’t cheat on me, I’ll dote on you for the rest of your life.”
She wanted to be the one and only beauty in the harem.
Tang Ying’s face on the bed was bewitchingly lovely, and her voice was soft and gentle.
The emperor was an irritable man, yet he couldn’t bring himself to get angry with her. Realizing he was under her spell, he grabbed her and pinned her down. “Witch!”
Tang Ying parted her red lips. “That hurts.” Then she started to cry.
The emperor’s voice was hoarse, and he sounded exasperated.
“...Enough. I’ll make you empress.”
*
After achieving her dream of being the only one the emperor loved among his three thousand beauties, Tang Ying suddenly grew bored one day. She escaped with her pocket dimension, wanting to see other sights.
The emperor, having lost his beloved, flew into a rage and became a tyrant once more, waging war on four kingdoms in pursuit of Tang Ying.
Wherever his armies went, the local ruler would present Tang Ying to the emperor in the dead of night, with her pregnant belly and all.
When the baby was nearly due, Tang Ying blinked and promised softly, “I won’t run away again. I really won’t. I’ll stay with you for the rest of my life.”
The tyrant’s eyes reddened. He didn’t believe her at all.
From then on, he doted on his empress day and night, staying by her side until they were old and gray.
A sweet-and-salty, scheming white lotus × an inexperienced, bad-tempered puppy
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