Shan Ning's husband was handsome and talented, a renowned gem of a man throughout Jinguancheng.
After the prefectural examination, he indeed advanced from the prefectural academy to the Imperial College. To the envy of neighbors, classmates, and teachers, he went to study in the capital, parenthetically speaking, with money Shan Ning had earned.
...And then he got involved with a princess.
Shan Ning gave a cold laugh. She paid a fortune to have songs written and plays staged, making sure everyone in the land heard about it. The princess ran into the palace in tears, begging the emperor to take her side.
The emperor was sick of the whole affair. With a wave of his hand, he carelessly gave everyone what they wanted.
He demoted the princess to secondary wife, with precedence determined by who entered the household first.
Shan Ning was forced to remain tied to her scumbag husband. But when she entered the palace to thank the emperor, she caught a glimpse of the supreme ruler's face.
...And suddenly she had a brilliant idea.
Emperor, if you want to watch a spectacle, why not get onstage yourself? It'll be even more entertaining.
Scumbag, if you dare betray me, I'll gladly cuckold you.
Princess, if you dare steal my husband, I'll become your stepmother.
Emperor, seeing right through her at a glance: Heh, there's no way I'll fall for her seduction.
Later...
Emperor, completely smitten: This is wonderful! Ningning, would you like to enter the palace as a consort?
Shan Ning: I'm already a wife, so why would I settle for being a concubine? You must be dreaming.
The husband-chasing crematorium! Delicious angst and melodrama with no limits! Extremely old-fashioned! Extremely melodramatic!
The female lead seduces the emperor without a care, and the emperor is outrageous and shameless, trying to steal his subject's wife. Nobody in this story is a good person!!
Neither lead is a virgin!! In red for emphasis!
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