The Noble Consort's Alluring Charm

[After the Fall of My Kingdom, I Remained the New Emperor's Beloved Consort]

Jiang Qianyan was born to a noble family. Beautiful and alluring, she was the emperor's consort, spending every day scheming to claim the empress's throne.

But before the contest for the throne was decided, the Prince of Zhenbei launched a coup.

She died in the raging fire on the night of the coup.

When she opened her eyes, Jiang Qianyan had returned to the night before the coup.

She fled at once, but was still stopped by the blood-soaked Prince of Zhenbei.

His eyes brimmed with murderous intent. "Will you die for your fallen kingdom, or become my consort?"

Reborn for a second life, did she even need to think about it?

Jiang Qianyan smiled seductively and bowed gracefully.

"I am willing to serve Your Majesty."

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Qi Ning took Jiang Qianyan in only to keep the old dynasty's powerful families in check. He had thought he'd need to threaten and tempt her, but she agreed without hesitation, showing none of the dignity of a noblewoman.

He looked down on her. After watching her flatter him and try every means to please him, he took advantage of her, then lifted her chin and spoke mockingly:

"When you served the former emperor, did you use the same sort of seductive tricks to win his favor?"

Jiang Qianyan trembled, tears rolling down her cheeks. She forced herself to her feet and staggered away.

Qi Ning watched her trembling back, feeling faintly ashamed. She was that sort of person anyway. Was he not allowed to say so?

Perhaps this was for the best. He could keep her in the palace as a leisurely companion.

But he could not control his feelings. When Jiang Qianyan stopped trying to seduce him, Qi Ning crept into her tent in the middle of the night and kissed and embraced her.

Jiang Qianyan pushed him away with a stern expression. "How could someone as flirtatious and frivolous as me be worthy of serving Your Majesty?"

Qi Ning held down her wandering hand and kissed her again. "Stop talking and give me another kiss."

Qi Ning was sure his heart was made of iron, and that he would never fall for someone as frivolous as Jiang Qianyan, who so readily changed sides and offered her charms.

But the beauty's seductive allure was like a blade, slicing through his hardened heart and forcing him to watch, fully conscious, as he fell for her.

A scheming noblewoman, outwardly alluring but inwardly ambitious × a warlord of troubled times, outwardly coarse but inwardly sharp

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Reader's guide:

1. Both leads are each other's first and only partner. The heroine and her former lover never had a real relationship.

2. The hero is a jerk early on, then humbly pursues his wife later.

3. The heroine is carefree and does everything to use the hero.

Theme: Everything in the world can be put to use by me.