Pampered

Happy National Day, my little treasures~ (Free while serialized, so feel free to let chapters pile up. I'm grateful to every little angel who bookmarks it 🫰🏻) Zhao Tingqi happened to rescue a young court musician on a whim. Perhaps love grew with time, or perhaps it was love at first sight. They confessed their feelings to each other and naturally ended up together. Even though he couldn't give her the best title right away, he raised her step by step, from secondary consort to imperial consort to empress, and even overruled all opposition to share his vast realm with her. But one day, he waited in the bedchamber from dusk until dawn. Only then did he realize that his wife's side was always full of handsome young men. This couldn't go on. A Jiao rose from a lowly court musician to become the empress of the realm. First, she thanked herself for being brave, fearless, and always moving forward. Second, she thanked her husband for cherishing her, loving her, supporting her, and keeping her as the only one in his eyes. Then one day, she woke up somewhere unfamiliar, with no light in sight. She raised her hand, and a slender gold chain jingled. The emperor came toward her from beyond layers of lamplight, his expression dark and heavy. A Jiao realized that her once gentle and kind husband seemed to have gone a little mad. "Empress, if you want the realm, then after I die, you can follow in Empress Wu's footsteps. But why can't you treat me the way you used to? Even pretending would be enough." (Sweet everyday moments between the young couple at first, then the honest man turns dark.) Reading Guide: 1. Both are each other's first and only partner. The plot in the blurb is simply a matter of perspective. 2. Sweet everyday moments and an upward journey for the young couple at first, followed in the middle and later parts by statecraft, political intrigue, and a partially dark turn (a little excitement and passion for a peaceful life). 3. Entirely fictional setting, with characters who are purely from an ancient era. 4. I'm not abandoning this story; I have chapters saved up. I'll update according to the rankings before it goes paid. If it's fortunate enough to become a paid novel, updates will be on time every day, except in special circumstances, when I'll post a leave notice. Theme: Life takes hard work, and nothing is impossible.