A summer-break read, opening straight away with a light, sweet little story~
Fu Miao accidentally transmigrates into the currently popular danmei novel Phoenix's Favor, becoming the nominal empress of a tyrannical, debauched ruler.
In the book, the tyrant Ying Ting is incompetent and foolish, lost in luxury and pleasure. He spends every day indulging in drink and sex, neglecting state affairs, with three thousand wives in his harem and never failing to shower them all with his favor. The original empress is just one of those many wives, living in constant fear and worrying every day that without a child, he will lose his position as empress.
After transmigrating into the role of a lowly empress, Fu Miao is dazed and confused every day. With so many consorts, each eager to rule the harem, he needs a child as leverage if he wants to stay on top amid all the jealousy and infighting.
Once he decides that having a child is the way to protect himself, Fu Miao grows much shrewder. He studies aphrodisiacs and incense, pores over erotic booklets, and walks with the delicate sway of a willow in the breeze, taking a coquettish step with every stride. He makes himself look alluring and exquisite, ready for anything, just waiting for the tyrant to visit.
But after a month of twists and turns, the tyrant finally remembers his door. By then, Fu Miao has just finished rehearsing how to discreetly serve him a cup of aphrodisiac tea.
"Your Majesty, this is the Biluochun tea I specially prepared for you."
The tyrant wears luxurious black robes embroidered with gold. His presence is cold, and his long, narrow black eyes silently size Fu Miao up, distant and icy. Fu Miao's hand trembles. Damn tyrant, that gaze really does have the air of a ruler surveying all beneath heaven. Who are you trying to scare?
"Husband, what's wrong?" Fu Miao's eyes instantly fill with tears, his gaze turns tender, and he puts on the air of a helpless little bird, changing the way he addresses him.
The tyrant's eyelid twitches. His gaze deepens as he watches Fu Miao approach with a graceful sway, but he remains unmoved.
Seeing that he hasn't taken the bait, Fu Miao silently rages. Damn it, why are you putting on an act? In the book, wasn't Ying Ting a lecher who could sleep with eighteen people in a day?
Why is he so composed and dignified with me, standing firm and unshaken?
Could he suspect me?
Fu Miao lifts the teacup and drains it, then turns it upside down to show the tyrant. The other man's eyes flicker, and he reaches out to catch Fu Miao as he sways.
Damn it, his mind went blank and he drank the drug he'd prepared himself. This is not how he rehearsed things in private.
His head spinning and his body floating, Fu Miao looks at the handsome, refined face before him and grins. "See? It's not poisoned."
A low laugh sounds by his ear. The tyrant casually tosses the teacup aside, then takes Fu Miao's snow-white wrist in his other hand, his gaze flickering. "The empress would never poison me."
The dose is too strong, and Fu Miao's reason falls apart. Clinging to the man's neck, he presses himself against him. "I'm going to make a baby with you today."
"Oh?"
At his words, the man stiffens, then leans closer, letting Fu Miao press against him even more. "What do you want to make with me?"
"A baby..." Fu Miao murmurs contentedly, his cheek against the man's cool skin.
When Fu Miao wakes the next morning, the tyrant is gone.
Three months later, Fu Miao is nauseated and weak, and his belly has quietly grown round.
Looking at the tyrant before him, Fu Miao's head feels ready to explode. This doesn't seem to be the husband he met that day. It looks more like the Prince of Xin standing beside him, a dignified man with a faintly amused expression.
The sky is falling! The baby he's carrying isn't Ying Ting's. It's Ying Heng's, the decisive prince who commands the army.
"Sister-in-law, it's been a while."
The man silently blocks his way, his gaze lingering on Fu Miao's belly.
Fu Miao looks at the man in despair. He was just about to run away with the baby. Why has he shown up now~
Original synopsis, screenshot saved as proof.
2026/1/31
(Synopsis lightly revised 2026/2/15)
Theme: Study hard and broaden your horizons