The Empress's Disguise Was Exposed, and Her Harem Exploded

[Cool, Aloof Enchantress x Scheming Female Monarch]

Yun Zhaoshuang, a monarch who has always worked tirelessly for her country and its people, recently received a number of baffling accusations.

The court officials turned their criticism toward Ruxun, the only consort in the monarch's palace, insisting that Yun Zhaoshuang's exclusive favor toward her was improper.

They claimed this enchantress had clouded the monarch's mind and monopolized Yun Zhaoshuang night after night, leaving the harem with only one woman to this day.

Between the lines, they not only insulted Ruxun, but also slyly berated Yun Zhaoshuang for being blinded by beauty, hinting that the country was doomed if things continued this way.

Yun Zhaoshuang absolutely could not agree with them.

Because although Yun Zhaoshuang had always appeared in men's clothing, she was actually a woman.

The young monarch, usually handsome and mild-mannered, was in fact a stunning woman once she removed her disguise, and her strategic insight and intelligence were in no way inferior to a man's.

So what meaning could a harem full of women possibly hold for Yun Zhaoshuang?

And was there any truth to the claim that she favored Ye Ruxun above all others?

Yun Zhaoshuang, who had yet to realize her feelings or recognize just how charming her consort was, was furious.

She decided to hit back hard.

You're saying the monarch is incompetent and favors Ruxun alone, are you?

Fine. Starting today, I will favor her all the more. Just you watch.

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Ye Ruxun came from a distinguished family and was breathtakingly beautiful. With her otherworldly air, she was known as the "Capital's First Beauty."

Unfortunately, her father was greedy for wealth and status, and was willing to send his daughter into the palace to secure his position.

Ye Ruxun was sent by every means possible to the monarch's side, and amid the envy of countless people, became the only woman at Yun Zhaoshuang's side.

But Ye Ruxun kept up her usual aloof demeanor, spending her days reclining lazily and paying little attention to the monarch. She would have loved to lock the palace doors, just so the monarch could not come by every day to drink tea in her chambers.

The main thing was that the beauty Ye Ruxun actually liked women.

She loved everything about women, and even as a girl, she enjoyed drawing all kinds of women on paper. She only regretted that the world was unfair, and that love between women could not be brought into the open.

So having the monarch, a man, visit her chambers every day was a real nuisance.

Until one day, Ruxun was ordered to attend to the monarch's bath.

The monarch seemed drunk. Before this, Yun Zhaoshuang had never made any requests of Ruxun, aside from visiting her chambers every day to drink tea.

This time, the bath was a spur-of-the-moment whim. Ignoring the eunuchs trying to stop her, she took off her clothes and jumped into the water, then had someone summon Ruxun.

Beneath the layers of lovely flower petals, Ruxun arrived late and glanced over carelessly. Then she was struck speechless for a long time.

Whiter than milk, more delicate than petals...

If the monarch was not a woman, then what could she be?

Yet Yun Zhaoshuang was still foolishly soaking in the water, her face flushed as she met Ruxun's eyes, now tinged with desire.

The monarch of the realm, usually so calculating, composed, and decisive, now grinned and beckoned her over:

"My beloved consort, come join me for a lovers' bath..."

Content warnings:

1. Neither female lead is entirely innocent.

2. Later in the story, the monarch will publicly announce her gender and sexuality to the world.

3. This is an alternate-history setting that will not withstand close scrutiny. Social constraints still exist, but it has a happy ending.

4. Mary Sue story, not a serious political intrigue novel.

Coming soon: My Secretly Beautiful, Strong Alpha

Mu Xi transmigrates into a book as its all-purpose butler, practically a walking plot device.

Every day, she diligently cleans up one young master's messes and painstakingly handles another madam's affairs after her death... She is nothing but a tool.

Few people remember that Mu Xi used to be a formidable alpha.

A powerful physique, a sharp mind, and, most importantly, pheromones alluring enough to tempt any omega, as remarkable as her own stunning looks...

Perhaps it was precisely because her pheromones were so exceptional that Mu Xi seduced someone she should never have touched.

Her employer's precious daughter, Nan Xi, a pale, frail young lady who rarely left her room.

So fragile she seemed like a porcelain doll, with skin nearly translucent in its whiteness, Nan Xi was so slender and delicate, yet she held a fatal attraction for Mu Xi, both mind and body...

How did a butler who was always busy and a young lady who never left the house end up in the same bed?

After that night, Nan Xi remained polite and distant toward Mu Xi, leaving her baffled.

Was that alluring little omega, who had been so passionate and flirtatious, and whose lips and tongue had barely left hers, really this young lady...? Had she been tossed aside after being used?

Until Nan Xi's next heat.

The slender woman, wearing nothing but a light nightdress, leaned softly against Mu Xi's door with an alluring, almost coquettish air. She ignored Mu Xi's protests of "This isn't right" and "Don't come any closer," and walked forward step by step, taking hold of her flustered hand...

Naturally, they ended up in bed again.

Only afterward did Mu Xi realize that the young lady seemed to have made her a secret lover, someone to satisfy her during her heats.

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The first time Nan Xi ended up in bed with Mu Xi, she had planned it.

When she discovered that the new butler in her home was the same woman who had broken her heart and disappeared five years ago, she acted at once: she used her heat as an opportunity and slept with her.

But afterward, the scummy alpha was so embarrassed and bewildered, as if she truly could not remember her old flame at all.

No matter.

Nan Xi only needed a tool to help her relieve herself during her heats.

As her gaze grew more and more dazed, as she sank deeper and deeper... Nan Xi always pulled away in time, just as she had done to her all those years ago.

Even though her own fingers trembled, and the yearning in her heart kept clamoring.

She was only taking revenge, using her own body to punish her.

That's right. That's all it was, nothing more.

P.S.:

Alphas don't have accessories.

More to be added.

Theme: Be honest, and act with integrity.