My Wife Is Plotting a Rebellion Behind My Back

Empress novel, complete. My new novel, "I Don't Want a Dodder Flower," is now open for following. You're welcome to add it to your library and dive in!

Jiang Yanjun had disliked her unseen fiancé since childhood. To escape the marriage, she ran away from home for several years. When she returned, her family had been accused of treason and wiped out.

Jiang Yanjun first met Wen Shangjin with vengeance for her family weighing on her heart.

Later, she failed in an attempt to assassinate the emperor and was thrown into prison. The Wen family took advantage of her predicament and offered her a choice: "You have two options. First, marry into the Wen family of Jianzhou and enjoy their protection for the rest of your life."

Jiang Yanjun replied without hesitation, "The second. I'll take the second option."

"That's a road to certain death."

Wen Shangjin cleared her name and sent her to Dongling Commandery. He personally accompanied her into the palace to receive the title of Commandery Lady of Dongling. But he also let Jiang Yanjun see the Chengyang Hall in Juyong Palace with her own eyes, and watched as it fueled her ambition, step by step.

The Yu dynasty was in decline. The emperor was unjust, and the Wen family wanted to put the Qi clan of Huanyang on the throne.

Jiang Yanjun once asked him, "If Qi Xun and I fight for the throne, whose side will you take?"

Wen Shangjin replied, "We spent a thousand days together, and shared a bed for three years. Not once did you tell me you wanted that throne."

Jiang Yanjun asked, "If I had, would you have helped me ascend to Chengyang Hall, or would you have abandoned Qi Xun?"

Neither.

"I would have killed you sooner," he said.

Wen Shangjin had never imagined that the woman who would raise an army in rebellion and overturn the realm of sixteen provinces would be the wife who had been by his side every day.

In the end, it was this daughter of a traitor who personally dragged the emperor of Juyong Palace from his throne.

That day, Jiang Yanjun stepped over the emperor's corpse, carried the imperial seal out of Chengyang Hall, and told him, "Wen Shangjin, I won."

"The Qi clan has lost the throne. I call upon all the heroes of the realm to vie for it!"

(Short bonus scene)

A court official urged the emperor to expand the imperial harem. Lord Wen's expression darkened.

Someone asked, "What about Lord Wen?"

After court, a colleague said to Lord Wen, "It must be hard for you to go to Zhanghua Hall after court, Lord Wen. Please keep a close eye on His Majesty and help our ruler become the greatest wise emperor in the world."

The others all chimed in:

"Hard work, Lord Wen."

"Thank you for your hard work, Lord Wen."

Note:

The female lead is four years younger than the male lead. Her growth, romance, and career develop gradually.

Both leads are sexually inexperienced. The author has a thing about this and never writes male leads who aren't virgins.

Also, the female lead will have a daughter, who really does have a throne to inherit. If pregnancy and childbirth aren't your thing, please don't read.

---------- I Don't Want a Dodder Flower ----------

As a noblewoman from an official family, Zhu Ying had studied history from ancient times to the present since childhood. But her family implicated her, and she was convicted and sent into the palace. Prince Qi spared her life and ordered her to stay by the crown prince's side as a spy.

Meng Wen, the crown prince, had been deposed for years and confined to the Cold Palace. Everyone said he was mild-mannered, generous, and benevolent. Zhu Ying, however, discovered his suspicious and ruthless side. Not one person who had abandoned him had met a good end.

To stay by his side, Zhu Ying was cautious and diligent. She braved wind and snow to bring him books and medicine, soaking her shoes and socks in freezing slush. She followed him to the Eastern Palace and attended to him at his side, knowing when to amuse him in his leisure and when to keep quiet while he was busy. She was attentive in every way.

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The fact that the Eastern Palace's lady official was a spy was no secret to Meng Wen.

But she was beautiful, and just clever enough. On the surface, she clung to him like a dodder flower. Behind his back, she destroyed account books and stole the imperial seal. She missed nothing.

He sneered at Prince Qi with false praise: "Elder Brother is truly fortunate. Even the lady official in my palace thinks of you at every turn."

Prince Qi merely raised his eyes and smiled. "In that case, why not let her become your imperial sister-in-law?"

Imperial sister-in-law? What a joke.

The pieces fell to the ground, and the whole game was ruined.

One day, he too would learn the taste of jealousy.

On the night of the palace coup, the stench of blood hung in the air. At last, he dropped his amiable mask and walked up the long steps with a bloodstained sword in hand, blocking her way.

"Don't you just want someone powerful to back you? Choose me instead of him."

"I can give you more than he ever could."

Theme: Never forget your vows. Women, too, have a duty to the rise and fall of the realm.