The Spoiled Empress

My next novel is "You Few Good Brothers of Mine, That's Who!" Add it to your favorites! Black-hearted white lotus empress × charming prince who plays the pig to eat the tiger On the day the young emperor ascended the throne, the assembled officials finally noticed that the child had a pair of green eyes, exactly like those of the late emperor's youngest son, the current Prince Regent. At once, they began looking at Empress Wei rather strangely. When her elder sister exposed Empress Wei for impersonating the Chosen Phoenix to enter the palace and become empress, the Prince Regent silenced her with a single stroke of his sword. “Now Her Majesty is the only Chosen Phoenix.” When the Censorate impeached Empress Wei for usurping power and ruling in the emperor's place, the Prince Regent ordered his men to stop them. “Send the censor outside the palace to take his own life. We mustn't let him soil the place where the officials gather for court.” When the former Crown Prince exposed Empress Wei for debauching the imperial harem and muddling the royal bloodline, the Prince Regent picked up the young emperor. “Whether they are the late emperor's sons or this prince's sons, they are all of the Xie bloodline. How could that be muddling anything?” The daughter of the Duke of Wei received a fortune-teller's prophecy: She was born with the fate of a phoenix, and whoever won her would win the realm. The emperor issued an edict naming her empress. But the person sent to the palace was not the legitimate daughter who had received the prophecy, but an unloved concubine-born daughter of the household. The two girls had been born on the same day, one in the morning and one in the evening, and Wei Zhaoyue had spent her life confined to the manor, unknown to the outside world. The Duke of Wei's household had dared to deceive the emperor and switch the girls because the old emperor was now well into his seventies and had already outlived two empresses. His legitimate daughter, Wei Ruoxi, wanted no part of the arrangement. Wei Zhaoyue knew they were merely waiting for a young prince to ascend the throne before scheming to claim the position of empress for themselves. But for her, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. All she had to do was stay alive and earn the honor of becoming empress dowager. Then she would enjoy wealth and splendor for the rest of her life. One-on-one romance, both leads' first love, happy ending "You Few Good Brothers of Mine, That's Who!" [Place your bets!] The late emperor had risen up during a time of chaos to save the people from suffering. He was truly a hero, but sadly, he died young, murdered by treacherous villains. The Grand Tutor looked at the new emperor on the throne, who blinked her big eyes like a little ball of glutinous rice, and shook his head helplessly. Heaven means to destroy Great Qian! The new emperor, Cangwu, a little ball of glutinous rice herself, thought: Grand Tutor, could you make your expression any more obvious? You might as well write “Great Qian will fall in its second generation” across your face. Memorials urging the new emperor to fill the imperial harem and provide heirs for the royal family were piling up so high they could drown the Imperial Study. The new emperor was anxious too. She... she couldn't get a woman pregnant! When her father was alive, he had told her to choose one of her men and have him bear a child to continue the royal bloodline. Cangwu considered them one by one but couldn't make up her mind. Each of them shared a deep bond with her. One was exactly her type in looks. Another had exactly the personality she liked. And another had received the smallest kindness from her and had never stopped thinking about it. Actually, her father had also said she could take them all. No, she couldn't. She wasn't that kind of person. Absolutely not. The Prince Regent was as elegant as the breeze and moonlight, peerless beneath the heavens, and betrothed to her. He should have been the most suitable choice. But the late emperor and the old prince had fought together to claim the realm, and the late emperor had seized the throne through trickery. If she had a child with the Prince Regent, wouldn't she be handing the realm over to him on a silver platter? The newly appointed top scholar was gentle as jade, a brilliant writer, and had grown up with her. He was also a suitable candidate. But who was this shameless man who wanted to usurp the throne and make her his crown princess? She had never met anyone so brazen. After returning home, the hostage prince from the northern frontier had killed his elder brother and father, baring his cruel fangs. She had merely helped him once when he was being bullied, but he had kept thinking of her and wanting to repay the favor. The trouble was, their lands were too far apart for anything to be convenient. And he was awfully big, too. Her personal guard was an orphan her father had brought back from the battlefield. He wanted neither fame nor fortune and was content to stay by her side as a guard. She had always thought of him as her own older brother. How could she have a child with her own brother? She just couldn't get past that. There was also the familiar Imperial Physician, a handsome man who was devoted to medicine and wanted nothing for himself. Cangwu thought about it, then decided against him too. Their slight builds simply weren't up to the task of keeping the others satisfied. After considering every possibility, the little emperor made her choice. Him! On a dark and windy night, the time was ripe! If once wasn't enough, then twice. If twice wasn't enough, then three times! The little emperor had everything planned out. She would take her empress on an inspection tour of the southern provinces, give birth on the way, and bring the child back to the palace, secretly and without anyone knowing. Who could have guessed that her unreliable empress would run off halfway through? With no other choice, she resumed her identity as a woman and returned with the child. The Grand Tutor was shocked, but still felt sorry for all the pain she had endured in childbirth, so he hurriedly asked who the child's father was. The new emperor refused to say a word. One man confessed to the Grand Tutor that he was the child's father. Then another man came forward, and another, each claiming to be the child's father. The Grand Tutor was stunned. “Which one of you is the child's father?” After court, a man cornered the little emperor on the throne. He lifted a strand of her hair with a fingertip and said casually, “Your Majesty took my innocence and won't admit it. Fine. But why have you gone and entangled yourself with so many other men?” “Just how many good brothers does Your Majesty have?” Theme: I decide my own fate, not Heaven