The Emperor's Concubine

----This novel is complete---- [Also known as "He Made His Beloved the Substitute"] Spring in the capital: orioles sing, grass sprouts, and all things revive, dispelling the chill of winter. Yet the Jiaofang Palace remains as cold as an ice cellar, no longer lively as it once was. Ever since Du Futing fell into the water in the depths of winter, she has been bedridden. The emperor neither asks after her nor visits, so everyone assumes she has fallen out of favor. The halls of Jiaofang Palace grow ever more dilapidated. No one knows that the emperor they revere and fear always slips into the bedchamber of his disgraced consort under cover of night. Du Futing seems to have grown used to the emperor's extremes. But when the emperor once again disregards her ailing body and barges into Jiaofang Palace, she suddenly no longer wants to cling to this obsession. What she and the emperor have is a doomed relationship. She was his childhood sweetheart, and she was the one who exchanged vows of eternal love with him. Yet after losing his memory, he forgot her completely. In the end, she was the one who had forced this relationship. Du Futing asks a palace attendant to deliver a letter to the emperor. She wants to say goodbye to the boy who lives on in her memories of youth, the boy who once belonged to her and was gentle beyond measure. When the emperor hears the attendant's report, he ignores Du Futing's request. At the time, he does not yet know that for the rest of his life, whenever he thinks of her, he will be so heartbroken he can hardly bear it, as if his heart is being crushed, and he will be afraid to sleep at night. That night, a great fire engulfs Jiaofang Palace, lighting up half the sky and rousing the entire palace. The emperor hurries over in a panic, not even stopping to put on his shoes and socks. But Du Futing retreats deeper into the sea of flames. Calmly gazing at the red-eyed man trying to rush in, she silently mouths, "Goodbye." She has no regrets. The raging fire burns everything to ashes. At last, snow falls in the chill of spring, blanketing the ruins. As if she had never been there. Outside the palace, only a red plum tree remains, standing beside the emperor, who has not left and lets snow gather on his shoulders. It says: If one day frost and snow cover our heads, then in this life we will have grown old together. [Reading Guide] 1. The female lead does not die. Important: the female lead does not die! 2. The male lead pursues his wife after losing her [Screenshot saved on November 18, 2020] ---Please add "The Cage (Melodrama)" to your collection--- Su Qingqing was born into the family of a minor official in the northwest. She knows she was lucky to marry Qin Huan, so she treats him very well. Even after Qin Huan regains his princely title, he is willing to take her away from the northwest. After five years, Su Qingqing thinks that even if Qin Huan doesn't love her, they must at least share the bond forged by supporting each other in the northwest. Those days when they huddled together for warmth can't be erased. Until he tells her to go in place of the Ji family's daughter to marry into another country. The feelings that should have blossomed are extinguished completely. * Ever since he was stripped of his title as prince and banished to the northwest, Qin Huan has been plotting how to return to the capital. He knows every step of his schemes, and he knows he doesn't love Su Qingqing. She is merely a stepping stone to help him leave the northwest, a counterfeit to provide him with some comfort. So he can coldly watch others taunt and mock her, remain unmoved when she is kidnapped, and even personally send her off to marry into a neighboring country. Qin Huan thinks he will never regret it. Not until he seizes the throne and discovers a misery worse than being hated and despised by everyone: loneliness. He regrets it. * In the third year of Qizhao, on the emperor of Qin's birthday, the empress dowager of Xiao comes to offer congratulations on behalf of the young emperor. Everyone says the emperor is ambitious and bent on conquest. Now that Xiao's ruler, Xiao Jiyun, has died and the new emperor is still a child, this is the perfect chance to seize Xiao. Surely the empress dowager of Xiao will fail to secure peace on this trip and may even lose her life. In the sleeping quarters of the Qianqing Palace, the emperor holds the young empress dowager captive. The young empress dowager grips a dagger and points it at the emperor's heart. "Your Majesty, please stop." The emperor's eyes are dark and his expression cold. "Does Qingqing still want to protect the people of Xiao, and the young emperor's life?" The young empress dowager remains silent for a long while. Then she turns her wrist, and the dagger clatters to the floor. In the end, Su Qingqing submits to the emperor's coercion and willingly bows her head. Qin Huan holds Su Qingqing tightly, coveting the warmth of her body. In the end, the five years they spent together at the beginning are what he misses most. But he doesn't know that from the moment he personally pushed her away, he was destined never to have another chance to win her back. Recommended completed novels by the author: "A Favorite Concubine's Rise (Transmigrate into a Book)": Then she ran away while pregnant! "The Palace Maid Runs Away While Pregnant (Transmigrate into a Book)": Male lead, please stay away from me. I just want to survive. 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