Your Harem Can Only Keep Me, Your Majesty

[Main story complete, currently updating the alternate-timeline extras]

*One-line pitch: A story about a woman who charms her way through the entire court, only to end up winning the emperor's heart. The heroine really has no heart (.

Blurb 1:

When Xue Tang put on the regent's robes in place of her older brother, Xue Tan, she set three goals for herself:

1. Kill the culprit who poisoned her brother.

2. Be a terrifying and fearsome regent.

3. Make absolutely sure no one discovers she's a woman.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, however, he kept staring at her and getting lost in thought.

Completely baffled, Xue Tang decided to uphold the regent's authority. One day, in private, she cursed Emperor Yongning out, then asked, "Am I not fierce enough?"

"You are. More than fierce enough."

While she wasn't looking, Emperor Yongning couldn't help licking the corner of his lips.

He loved Xue Tan's younger sister, so precious and beautiful, more than anyone. But Xue Tan had never wanted his sister to marry into the imperial family.

Since she'd delivered herself right to his side, she couldn't blame him for taking advantage of the opportunity.

Blurb 2:

On the night of the emperor and empress's wedding, Xue Tang counted on her fingers as she explained to His Majesty:

"General Han and I grew up together."

"The top scholar, Shen, just admires my writing."

"And then there's Minister Gu, Lord Li, and Wen, all elegant, handsome men of outstanding talent..."

"I used to think they were all good men, but I promise that from now on, I'll love only Your Majesty."

Thinking back on the long road he'd traveled to win her heart, Emperor Yongning clasped her hand with tender affection:

"Tangtang, tell me about the other men you liked, too. I promise I won't hurt them."

The next day, the chief of the emperor's secret guards received an assassination list taller than a person.

#My harem will absolutely have only you#

#Your harem can only keep me!!#

[Reader's Note]

1. Blurb posted on March 10, 2021 | Rebirth story | An old-school, melodramatic Mary Sue renaissance

2. Readers who consider even a spoken word to be unchaste, please don't read

3. A short novel, around 200,000 characters

4. More to come if I think of anything

Recommending works by my friends:

Bai Lu Xia Shi, "Bending at the Waist for His Lady"

Yi Zhi Tian Tong, "The Little Empress Gets Truly Dangerous When She Acts Spoiled"

Please add my upcoming novel, "The Emperor's Terrace Is Enchanting"!

[Heroine's version]

Only after Wei Wan was offered to the Northern Dynasty did she learn that her consort, who had always claimed to love and cherish her, was a faithless man who had used her to seize the throne.

So she stopped dabbling in poetry, painting, and literature. Cinching her slender waist, she gently and obediently knocked on the door of the imperial study late at night.

Wei Wan knew perfectly well that her beauty was her blade.

And the young emperor of the Northern Dynasty would become the sharp weapon she used to exact her revenge.

[Hero's version]

He had known from the very beginning that Wei Wan was using him.

Whomever she wanted to kill or meet, he helped her with it all. He only wanted her to leave her hatred behind as soon as possible and see how good he was to her.

But on the day she avenged herself, she vanished without a trace.

He nearly went mad, ordering a search of all Jinling. At last, he found her in the imperial mausoleum of the former dynasty, barely clinging to life.

She seemed to have nothing left to live for. She had taken poison, intending to follow the former dynasty into death, but he dragged her back to the world of the living.

"Who are you... and who am I...?"

His little princess opened her eyes again, but remembered nothing.

He paused, then held her tightly in his arms, his voice hoarse:

"Wanwan, you are my empress."

Theme: Judge people by their actions, not their words