Cheng Fangnong is the Empress Dowager's only niece. Beautiful as an immortal and graceful and alluring, she is appointed empress by imperial decree and married to the ailing emperor.
The emperor is said to have less than three months to live. The Empress Dowager orders her to conceive an heir as soon as possible, so that Great Jin will belong to her and her child.
Cheng Fangnong doesn't want to be a puppet, but she is drugged and unable to control herself.
Behind the low-hanging curtains, the lingering scent of medicine mingles with the seductive fragrance of Fangnong's body. Dazed and confused, she wraps her arms around Emperor Xiao Sheng, who pushes her away with all the strength he has left.
Xiao Sheng summons his personal guard to give her the antidote, ruthlessly shattering the Empress Dowager and the Cheng family's dreams. He also threatens her into silence.
By day, Xiao Sheng dotes on her and even teaches her to review memorials, but it's all an act for the Empress Dowager and the Cheng family.
At night, he mercilessly sends her to that strong-built guard to vent his rage.
The day the Cheng family falls, Cheng Fangnong learns that the emperor's illness was a sham. He had gone to great lengths to bring down the powerful relatives at court.
Knowing she can't escape death, when he sends that guard to humiliate her once again, Cheng Fangnong acts out of character, using soft, persuasive words to goad the guard into assassinating the emperor.
She thinks her plan is flawless, with no chance of failure.
But when she wakes at dawn, the guard who should have completed the assassination is still there, wearing Xiao Sheng's handsome, dashing face.
Fictional setting, one-on-one romance, both leads are sexually inexperienced.
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Opening in April: Rent the Future Prime Minister as a Live-in Son-in-Law. Please add it to your favorites! Here's the blurb:
On their wedding night, Su Yutang dreams that her husband will treat her terribly and even take advantage of her family's wealth.
A fight between spouses shouldn't last overnight. That very night, Su Yutang slaps a divorce letter in his face.
She divorces him on their wedding night and becomes famous throughout the capital.
"So what if her dowry is enormous? Who would dare marry such a shrew?" someone sneers, eyeing her train of dowry goods.
Su Yutang nods. That's true.
So, less than three days after divorcing, she takes in a live-in son-in-law.
The live-in son-in-law is a spineless sort. He often carries her on and off carriages, and is also good at composing poetry and flattering her, so Su Yutang supplies him with all his fine clothes and accessories.
The poor, unlucky fellow, an orphan with nothing to his name, is transformed into an elegant young nobleman.
They say she chose him for his handsome face. No one has seen what he really looks like, but nobody doubts the rumor. If he weren't handsome, why would Su Yutang make him wear a mask every day, as if afraid someone might steal him away?
They have two children in three years, one boy and one girl, and Su Yutang is very pleased.
As agreed, once the deal is done, she sees him off without hesitation.
The top three graduates ride through the streets on horseback. Su Yutang watches the spectacle over a cup of fragrant tea. Her live-in son-in-law, Shen Zhuo, will be the next year's third-place graduate, and she wants to see how handsome this year's third-place graduate is, and whether he or Shen Zhuo is more beautiful.
The air is filled with the scent of flowers and the sound of gongs and drums. Su Yutang cranes her neck to look. In a gold-flowered, blue robe and on a chestnut horse, the third-place graduate is truly elegant and extraordinary!
When he glances her way, Su Yutang finally comes to her senses.
Isn't that Shen Zhuo?!
One day, she's meeting someone in secret when ill-intentioned people catch her and deliberately summon others to witness her disgrace.
As the crowd approaches, they hear the young prime minister's voice from behind the firmly shut door. The iron-fisted prime minister is pleading softly with someone: "Tangtang, now that we've been caught, shouldn't you give me a proper title?"
Theme: Love is a double-edged sword.
After a Fake Divorce, I Became the Emperor's Favorite Concubine
Stealing Her Heart
She Builds Infrastructure in the Cold Palace
Falling in Love a Second Time
Stealing a Wife
Marrying into the Eastern Palace
A Beauty Chooses Her Branch
Renting a Future Prime Minister as My Live-In Son-in-Law
The Young Lady Is Determined to Marry Up
My Dandy Ex-Husband Became the Most Powerful Man in the Court
The Substitute Bride
The Cold-Hearted Marquis Gets a Face-Slapping
Write more, I am more optimistic about this pair.
Looking forward to Buyi and Jiang Yuan ah ah ah
Is the main text over without even getting sweet????
🎆🎆 Congratulations on the completion 💪 💪 💪 What do you plan to write in the next book?
This extra is so well written! I love it so much!
I'll finish writing it in a while and send them all [spread flowers][spread flowers][spread flowers]
Will Mr. Zhang get his wish?
Did the author make a typo? Cheng
I was a little worried that it was the red-eye pinching literature that is prevalent in the Jinjiang ancient language area (it's not). I didn't expect that I read it smoothly. It's better than most of the articles on the list [Compare Heart]
🎆 You can write a little about the heroine's mother's second spring