At the palace banquet celebrating her victorious return to the capital, Ying Ye saw the man whose name was known throughout the realm: Feng Wu, the new emperor's Phoenix Consort.
She had heard his name while stationed at the border. Everyone in the capital was saying that the new emperor had married an incomparable beauty. She had scoffed and dismissed it at the time, until she saw him today.
Jade-like in appearance, peerless in elegance. One glimpse of his true beauty, and she understood why the emperor had fallen for him.
He only offered her a polite smile, but it felt as though a fire had ignited in her chest. His snow-white skin and red lips became white snow and red plum blossoms, branded into her mind like a hot iron.
She stared at him, slowly raised her cup, and drank deeply.
She had taken a fancy to the Phoenix Consort. She wanted to steal him away.
Three months later, Ying Ye rebelled, seized the throne, and took him for herself.
Crossing the palace grounds awash in blood, she walked step by step toward Feng Wu, pinned the most proper and virtuous male consort in the kingdom to the floor of the great hall, and shut the doors as he struggled.
The court historian summed up that night in a single line:
"The Emperor took the Phoenix Consort upon the desk, and enjoyed him until dawn."
Note:
The male lead is a real husband, not a virgin.
The female lead really does seize what she wants and take the throne and the consort by force. Her methods are deranged. She's not a good person, and she's terrifying!
One-on-one, happy ending, gender-bender, male pregnancy
Theme: A melon forced from the vine isn't sweet, but it sure tastes good
