As the reigning emperor's wife, Empress Jiang Shuying falls gravely ill and misses her family, so she asks the Dingxi Marquis household to send someone to the palace to visit her.
The night before her mother arrives, Jiang Shuying realizes she is the doomed, early-deceased empress in a domineering-romance story about a heartless emperor.
She foresees that the Sixth Young Lady of the Jiang family will come to visit with her mother.
The Sixth Young Lady unexpectedly wins the emperor's favor and becomes pregnant with his child. While Jiang Shuying is too ill to do much, the man who has been by her side for over a decade has someone else in his heart.
The two of them play out a chase where she runs and he pursues, staging a tragic romance.
Jiang Shuying will die alone on a stormy night.
Not long after she draws her last breath, her husband will forcefully and ostentatiously bring his niece into the palace and make her empress.
She will take Jiang Shuying's place and enjoy her glory, while her possessions are thrown away and the world gradually forgets she ever existed.
The emperor, always so cold and indifferent, can smile at someone after all. He will even ask her, "Where do you think you're running off to?"
Jiang Shuying's only purpose is to give the male and female leads a chance to meet and bring them together.
No matter how much she loves him.
On her deathbed, Jiang Shuying suddenly sits bolt upright and realizes that perhaps her illness isn't so serious after all, and perhaps she doesn't love him so much either.
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The reigning Emperor Shuo, Xiao Wang, is handsome, avoids women, and is calm and self-controlled.
Even though the empress, Jiang Shuying, is the most beautiful woman in the dynasty, he has treated her with nothing more than mutual respect for eleven years.
After a serious illness, the empress, who has always been virtuous and devoted, suddenly changes. She not only grows lazy instead of diligent, but starts focusing on her health and acting indifferent toward him.
Every time they speak, no matter how brief the conversation, she has to ask: "Have you finished your state affairs, Your Majesty? Did you meet with your ministers today, Your Majesty? You're still young, Your Majesty, and in your prime for great things, so don't let yourself slack off!"
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Bonus scene:
Xiao Wang enters the palace with a cold expression. The empress is blindfolded and playing hide-and-seek with her maids. She doesn't catch any of them, but she grabs him firmly instead.
Jiang Shuying feels the face of her "pretty boy" and says with a beaming smile, "Pretty boy, give me a smile."
Xiao Wang: ...
Jiang Shuying grabs his chin, gives it a shake, and pouts. "Come on, smile for me."
Xiao Wang: :)
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Reader's guide:
1. Sweet romance, one-on-one, happy ending.
2. Inspired by original empresses who were forced to die young.
3. A mix of sweetness and angst.
Theme: Love yourself
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The Old Emperor's Vermilion Cinnabar Mole
His Majesty Is Heartless
[Roaming the World] A Life in Ruins
Twenty Years in the Imperial Palace
The Little Silver Hook on the Curtain
I'm the Femme Fatale
An Endless Sorrow
Snow at Changmen
They Got Their Cremation
The Pheasant Flies South
Marrying the Marquis of Xiang