The Foolish Empress's Cherished Life

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Blurb:

The only daughter of the Prime Minister is so beautiful that even the gods envy her, though they say she's a little dim-witted.

When the city falls, hands stained with the blood of her people and reeking of sweet iron clamp around Su Wanyue's slender, fragile neck. The man forces the Prime Minister, who has led his men in a desperate defense of the palace gates, to retreat. No one can stop him from ascending to the very pinnacle of power.

In the imperial palace...

The new emperor grips Su Wanyue's delicate chin and looks at her with cold, sinister eyes. "How do you think your father would feel, watching you suffer until you die?"

Tears cling to her lashes, ready to fall. Her frightened, trembling eyes meet his. "Father would be heartbroken."

She can't let Father be heartbroken!

Trembling all over, she presses her cherry-red lips together and offers the new emperor her sugar figurine in a bid to please him.

Su Wanyue: "Y-Your Majesty, have some candy."

The new emperor raises an eyebrow and accepts the sugar figurine...

At midnight, clouds blanket the sky. Su Wanyue, her ink-black hair half draped over her snowy robes, holds a bowl of crimson noodles and looks at the new emperor with bloodshot eyes.

Her voice trembles with tears. "Your Maj-esty, hap-py birthday."

The new emperor, in the middle of reviewing memorials, jerks his hand and spills ink across an entire document...

When the weather turns cold, the new emperor discovers that his bedding always smells of perfume.

The next day, he catches a little fool who's crawled into his bed to warm it like a hot water bottle...

After Su Wanyue has lived in the palace for a few months, she's fretting over how to please Emperor Xuanwen when someone tells her there's a way. They trick her into going to the pond and push her in.

As she sinks and rises in the water, she sees a familiar figure swimming toward her like an arrow loosed from a bow.

Once they reach the shore, he holds her tight and kisses her forehead almost reverently. "They're all dead. No one will ever hurt you again."

Emperor Xuanwen's mother was a palace maid who died without ever receiving a title, her life wasted because the late emperor once told her he loved her.

So he doesn't believe anyone can truly love. But after tasting the sweetness of sugar and getting used to her smile, he can no longer bear the lonely days he once lived.

"I love you, Yue'er. Will you stay by my side forever?"

Brash, warmhearted, airheaded empress vs. ruthless, vengeful Emperor Xuanwen

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Upcoming: "Mistakenly Married to the Top Scholar After Losing Her Memory"

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After Jin Tao accidentally falls into a ravine, she wakes to find letters scattered around her. Her amnesiac mind falls into deep thought...

According to the letters, she was engaged to a poor scholar and worked hard sewing and mending clothes to support his studies. But after the scholar went to the capital for the examinations, she discovered she was pregnant with his child. From his replies, however, it seems he has climbed the social ladder and wants to abandon his wife and child!

After reading all the letters, Jin Tao plants her hands on her hips, outraged. "Bah! You heartless cad!"

Then Jin Tao strokes her flat stomach, grinds her back teeth, and decides to go to the capital to demand justice!

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The newly appointed top scholar, Dong Yi, is handsome and elegant. Wearing red flowers and bright ribbons, he rides through the streets on horseback, drawing such a crowd of women that they nearly pelt him with fruit.

Suddenly, a woman jumps in front of his horse and blocks his way, pointing to her belly and claiming she's carrying his child.

As he looks at the person buried in his memories, Dong Yi's expression grows complicated.

At last, his handsome face breaks into a roguish smile. "Oh? So I've become a father without even trying?"

Jin Tao had been ready for a fight, but when she sees Dong Yi dismount and stride toward her on long legs, she can't help taking a step back. "What, are you planning to kill me in broad daylight to cover this up?"

Dong Yi's handsome face lights up with an even broader smile. He reaches out a hand to her, his fingers distinct and elegant. "Of course not. I'm going to take responsibility for you and the baby. Come with me, my dear."

Jin Tao blinks, eyes wide. Why isn't this heartless cad acting the way she imagined? She's... completely at a loss!

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A few months later, Jin Tao finally remembers everything. Those letters weren't hers at all, and the heartless scholar in them wasn't the top scholar!

More importantly... her flat, empty belly has never had a baby in it!

Mortified enough to dig out a whole Forbidden City with her toes, she runs away in the middle of the night, never wanting to see Dong Yi again...

Dong Yi takes one long stride and blocks Jin Tao as she tries to flee, smiling faintly. "Where are you going, my dear?"

Jin Tao bites her lip and takes a step back. "Who's your dear? Move aside and stop blocking my way home."

Dong Yi opens his folding fan, his smile unchanged. "This is quite the case of using me and then throwing me aside. Just a few days ago you wanted me to take responsibility, and now you're saying I'm in your way?"

Jin Tao: "..."

Theme: Don't complain, because life always has a surprise waiting around the corner