#Ruthless young empress dowager X pure-hearted, aloof Left Chancellor#
Fu Changying died in the bitter cold of the twelfth lunar month, in the palace's Yong Alley.
From favored concubine to empress to the youngest empress dowager, she had once enjoyed unmatched splendor. In the end, however, the man she loved spent his wedding night with another while her corpse lay cold in the snow!
Fu Changying thought that if she could live her life over, she would never let things end this way again!
Heaven must have heard her. When she awoke, she had returned to the days when she was still the emperor's favored concubine. The traitor who had betrayed her was teaching her how to seduce the old emperor and whisper in his ear.
A vicious plan took shape in her heart. She would make him taste the bitterness of betrayal, too!
Throughout the capital, the only person who could stand against Yuwen Yu was Xiao Shaoling, the young Left Chancellor.
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Xiao Shaoling was born into a distinguished family. He had studied the classics of the sages and cultivated the bearing of a gentleman, and never judged others by his personal likes and dislikes.
There was just one exception: Fu Changying, the emperor's favored concubine. She used her beauty to win favor, not only beguiling the emperor into rashly meddling with the succession, but also carrying on an ambiguous relationship with the heir of the Yuwen family!
He thought that such a femme fatale could not be allowed to remain, but he ought to try to set her straight first.
Before he could say a word of admonishment, he saw her look at him with tearful, aggrieved eyes. "I know you're going to say that using my beauty to serve others makes me a menace. But I've never studied, and I can't even read. I'm not like you, learned and full of wisdom, able to understand all those grand principles..."
Xiao Shaoling held it in for a long moment, then said, "I can teach you, but you can't go back to your old ways."
Fu Changying: "All right."
Later, Xiao Shaoling went to give her a lesson as promised, only to find Fu Changying wrapped in sheer gauze. She pulled a book of a hundred erotic poems from beneath it and handed it to him. Her pale finger brushed across his palm, sending a tingling sensation through him. "Today, Xiao Qing, teach me this book."
He clutched the scandalous book, hot to the touch. His face turned livid, yet his ears were bright red.
She had no intention of mending her ways. She had simply changed the target!
Blurb revised on 2021/3/24 and saved
[Reading Guide]
1. The heroine is not a virgin, but the hero is. Readers who insist on both leads being virgins, please don't read.
2. The heroine really is ruthless.
Theme: Strive to become stronger
