The Demonic Consort Becomes Empress

Zhen Wu was the illegitimate daughter of Chancellor Zhen. Her father despised her because her mother had been a maid who seduced her master, and her legal mother tormented her. Her half-sister, Zhen Wan, also constantly targeted her, jealous of her rare, innocent beauty and naturally alluring figure.

When the emperor held a selection for his harem, no one expected that Emperor Dantai Hao would make Zhen Wan, the dignified and virtuous legitimate daughter of Chancellor Zhen, his empress, while also bringing Zhen Wu, the chancellor's bewitching and charming illegitimate daughter, into his harem. He showered her with favor night after night, raising her from a lowly Talented Lady to the exalted rank of Noble Consort. The Zhaoyang Palace where Zhen Wu lived was extravagantly appointed, with golden bricks paving the paths and bright pearls serving as lamps.

Seeing how much the emperor doted on her, and how he repeatedly punished her half-sister, Empress Zhen, for bullying her, Zhen Wu thought Heaven had finally taken pity on her and led her to the right man. She devoted herself to pleasing the emperor, always doing as he wished. She did not care that the entire court called her a bewitching consort who had ensnared her ruler.

But when rebel forces breached the capital, the emperor agreed to his uncle, Regent Prince Dantai Bo's demands in order to win over the army. He coldly ordered Zhen Wu to be given a white silk cord, and the regent watched as two eunuchs strangled her in Zhaoyang Palace. As the cord tightened and her spirit drifted away, the last thing Zhen Wu saw was the regent's cold, merciless eyes.

When Zhen Wu opened her eyes again, she discovered she had been reborn at sixteen. At that time, her half-sister had already been made empress, and in seven days the emperor would issue an edict naming Zhen Wu a Talented Lady and summoning her to the palace to attend him.

Touching her neck, Zhen Wu had no desire to experience the agony of being strangled to death again, so she decided to find a way out for herself. But who was capable of protecting her? Who would dare compete with the current emperor for a woman? After much thought, Zhen Wu set her sights on the ice-cold, stoic Regent Prince.

Zhen Wu used every trick she could think of, sparing no effort until the regent accepted her as his secondary consort. All she wanted was to cling tightly to the regent, her golden ticket, and save her own life.

When the regent ascended the throne and became emperor, Zhen Wu was surprised to discover that she had once again become the harem's most favored Noble Consort, and that the court officials were calling her a bewitching consort all over again.

Zhen Wu cried in frustration, wrapping her arms around the emperor's neck and insisting through her tears that she was no bewitching consort.

The new emperor, Dantai Bo, held the soft, slender waist of the woman in his arms. Looking at her exquisite face, so innocent yet irresistibly alluring, he could not help tightening his embrace. His dark eyes were as unfathomable as a deep pool as he murmured, "What a little temptress!"

Dantai Bo kept having the same nightmare over and over. He dreamed that he had believed the officials and watched helplessly as two eunuchs strangled Zhen Wu with a white silk cord. He could not understand it. He had long since spoiled the little temptress who had stolen his heart rotten, and had even planned to push through all opposition and make her empress. How could he possibly have had the heart to order her execution?

Content note: The male lead and the other male character are not related by blood.

The female lead was the other male character's Noble Consort in her previous life, and he had a harem. After she was reborn, she became the male lead's Noble Consort, and their relationship is strictly monogamous.

The blurb was posted on October 16, 2022, and has been screenshotted.

Theme: Life is beautiful. Keep striving to live, even in adversity.