The Young Empress Dowager

Black Lotus, teasing Empress Dowager x tragic, handsome, and scheming prince

On the second day after Jiang Weilan became the emperor’s second empress, the emperor died.

He left her not only the governance of an entire nation, but also his least-favored prince.

The Seventh Prince, Ling Jinyu, knelt in the rain. Looking at the pretty little bean sprout before her, Jiang Weilan sighed and took him in.

She could no longer remember how the child had grown fangs.

The bean sprout grew taller and taller. By the time he was two heads taller than her and still asking his Empress Mother to hold him, Jiang Weilan began to sense that something was not quite right.

*

Jiang Weilan had counted on the bean sprout to provide for her in her old age. She never expected Ling Jinyu to be cruelly killed before that day came.

After the Seventh Prince died, a handsome court official appeared in the capital.

The handsome official earned her favor, and everyone knew Shen Jingci was the Empress Dowager’s man.

The handsome official was sharp-tongued, yet in front of her he was rarely at a loss, and the tips of his ears would quietly turn red.

*

Shen Jingci was framed and harmed by treacherous officials. When the Empress Dowager hurried to him, his whole body was burning hot and his consciousness was hazy, but he clutched her clothes and refused to let go.

She brushed his sweat-damp hair aside. Shen Jingci reached out to her tremblingly, his voice frail and lost. “Empress Mother, don’t abandon me.”

Reading Guide:

1. Younger man and older woman, the heroine is three years older; both are virgins; HE.

2. A story of possessive love, set in an invented dynasty.

3. The male lead will turn dark later in the story.

Coming soon, You’re Not the Villain (Female-Dominated World):

Cool, gentle, universally adored woman x mad, powerful dark moonlight

Yu Yunji transmigrated into a book, becoming a doomed cannon-fodder villain. On the day she transmigrated into the book, she married the biggest villain in the story as her husband.

She treated human lives like weeds, while Gu Qi was a ruthless killer. Together, they were the greatest obstacle to the protagonists.

Looking at the mad villain in front of her, Yu Yunji thought, “I’m not smiling because I was born not to smile.”

To stay alive, she avoided the imprisonment plot and steered clear of every event that might threaten her life.

Her husband loved her imperial elder sister, so she even offered him up to her.

But when she was about to take a concubine, the villain, who was always making trouble and threatening to kill himself, came at her with a knife.

Gu Qi seemed to have changed a little.

Forced to marry Yu Yunji in place of his younger stepbrother, Gu Qi hated her and was determined to bring everyone down with him.

He had made all the necessary preparations, but Yu Yunji habitually tucked the corner of his blanket around him and often glanced back to consider his feelings.

Gu Qi: ...I can’t figure her out, but maybe she isn’t that bad?

Everyone knew the current emperor had a jealous husband who had made a name for himself by killing people in the capital.

At night, beneath warm red candles and gauzy curtains, Gu Qi wore red gauze with golden bells tied around his ankles. He looked at her with wounded reproach. “Wife, don’t you like this?”

Yu Yunji retreated several steps. “No, wait. Aren’t you supposed to be the villain?”

Theme: Love means walking side by side.