The Demonic Concubine Reborn

A scheming beauty of unmatched charm x an even more scheming young emperor

Emperor Wu Rong Mian of Great Qi was renowned for his wisdom throughout his life, but posterity condemned one stain on his legacy: he doted on the wicked consort Wei Hanzhao, drove a loyal minister to his death, deposed a virtuous empress, and left the six palaces empty.

In her previous life, Wei Hanzhao was a princess of a conquered nation, sent to live in the prime minister's residence. She slept in the woodshed, ate scraps, and did the servants' laundry, enduring utter humiliation. Later, Emperor Wu took her away and favored her above all others in the harem. Only after sending the entire prime minister's household to the execution block was she stabbed to death.

Reborn ten years earlier, Wei Hanzhao looked at the battered, bloodstained prison cart and reached out her slender wrist to catch the young emperor, who had come in disguise. In a timid voice, she asked, "General, would you be willing to protect me?"

Rong Mian thought the lovely young woman he had impulsively brought back to the palace was just a delicate flower, a homeless, dispossessed girl seeking protection.

Who could have guessed that as soon as the flower entered the palace, she would step on the empress's phoenix hairpin and make her cry, then brazenly declare that the empress lacked grace?

The empress went to the imperial study in tears. Rong Mian arrived in a fury, only to see the fearsome flower leaning sweetly against him. In a soft voice, she said, "Your Majesty, you've finally come to see me."

At court the next morning, the ministers exchanged glances. No one dared take a good look at the red mark on the late-arriving emperor's neck.

During a hunt at the imperial grounds, Wei Hanzhao, visibly pregnant, showed off her embroidered shoe, stained with tea the empress had spilled. Clinging to the emperor's arm, she asked in distress, "Your Majesty, the empress is feeling unwell. Should Prime Minister Wei atone for his sister?"

The court was stunned. The emperor replied, "Indeed. A brother is responsible for his sister's failings."

That day, half the court watched helplessly as the young prime minister, who had rendered great service to Great Qi, bent down to wipe the tea from the wicked consort's embroidered shoe.

From then on, everyone inside and outside the court knew that Consort Zhao had little talent for anything besides stirring up trouble and soothing the emperor, at which she was second to none.

Look: she can provoke the empress and insult the prime minister, then stroll through the gardens laughing with the emperor.

Reading guide:

1. Both leads are sexually inexperienced, and this is a happy ending. They are both people of a purely ancient era, so don't judge them by modern standards.

2. The prime minister is not a good person. He's a top-tier scumbag.

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