The Empress Marries Again

1. The cavalry from the northern frontier trampled the capital underfoot. The first thing the new emperor did after entering the city was visit the former dynasty's empress at the Zhu Jing Palace.

After that, the new emperor's presence became a frequent sight at Zhu Jing Palace.

Yuan Huayu had nothing to her name, so she could only plead and beg the new emperor for mercy.

Along the endless street, before she could even kneel, the new emperor had already wrapped an arm around her slender waist.

Yuan Huayu lifted a face more charming than a lotus flower and begged piteously, "Your Majesty, my husband..."

That night, inside the hibiscus-curtained bed, the new emperor gently but stubbornly corrected her: "Your ex-husband."

Her eyes brimmed with tears, and she lowered her gaze without a word.

The new emperor tenderly caressed her brows and eyes. His gaze held unmistakable affection,

but the words from his thin lips made her shiver with fear: "Once I kill him, Yaoyao can be my empress. How does that sound?"

2. Far away on the northern frontier, Chu Yan often woke from midnight dreams remembering how Yuan Huayu had rejected him without mercy and turned to throw herself into the emperor's arms.

He hated this vain woman, who had once treated him like dirt, so much that his teeth ground together.

When he saw her again, the beauty bowed gracefully before him, her lowered neck slender and delicate. It stirred a wicked thought deep within him.

He helped her to her feet with his own hands, his voice warm and gentle. "Yaoyao, do you know why I fought my way back from the northern frontier to Chang'an?"

Yuan Huayu's hatred raged on, but she held back her tears and shook her head, saying only that she did not know.

He suddenly laughed, his gaze dark. "Yaoyao, I told you long ago: I am the only one you can marry. If there's anyone else, whoever you want to marry, I'll kill him."

"I fought my way back from the northern frontier to Chang'an to take his worthless life."

[Reading Guide] 1. A melodramatic story with an outrageous premise, involving ruthless possession.

2. The heroine has been married before and is not a virgin. The hero is a virgin.

3. A wish-fulfillment story. The haughty greatest beauty of the age x a treacherous rebel.

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