The Substitute Empress

In the dark of night, the man gazes down at the beautiful, pale face beneath him, his eyes like black gemstones sparkling with amusement. A cold, cruel smile curls his lips…

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After transmigrating, Qiu Ruoyan awakens as the beloved only daughter of the current dynasty's chancellor. Refined and otherworldly, she is as serene as a chrysanthemum.

For her father's sake, she willingly enters the palace to become empress.

On her wedding night, she is left alone in an empty room. She doesn't care; she never wanted to be entangled with him in the first place.

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In the fragments of her memories, a shadow always lingers in her dreams. He must be the beloved of the original owner of this body, right?

Li Aoxuan is gentle as jade and exceptionally handsome. He is also the second prince of the Tianli Dynasty. For her, he is willing to give up the throne. But in the end, is this a sacrifice for her sake, or for his own?

Watching her become his younger brother's wife, everything that happened between them lashes at his heart. “Yan'er, what will it take for us to go back to how things were?”

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Li Aojun, ruler of the Tianli Dynasty, was originally its third prince before ascending the throne.

A born ruler, he is cold, brutal, and cruel. To take revenge, he made her empress. Yet he never once shares her bed, turning her into a laughingstock in the harem.

Two people who never wanted to be entangled are now bound together, unable to break free!

Brutal as he is, he speaks with wicked charm: “Qiu Ruoyan, you don't care, do you? The less you care, the more determined I am to destroy him!”

The woman's clear eyes are clouded with tears, her heart breaking as she cries, “Then destroy me first!”

The man's features are as sharply carved as a sculpture, and his entire being radiates the authority of a king who rules the world. His handsome, wicked face bears a wild, carefree smile as he says, “Yan'er, I'll give you a gift in return. This gift belongs only to… you and me!”

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With every knot between them untied and their feelings finally understood, they believe they can be together at last. But who could have foreseen this?

“Li Aojun, it's over between us. The child is gone, my family is gone, and my heart is dead.”

“You wish! It will never be over between us!” The man trembles, roaring as he pulls her tightly into his arms.

Nangong Yun, a general of the Tianli Dynasty, is willing to abandon his original purpose for her.

But when he sees her held in someone else's arms, will he give up, or destroy everything…?

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In a single day, she falls from mistress of the Eastern Palace to a fugitive beauty. When they part, the ends of the earth lie between them.

Yet no one knows that within a desolate palace, he would rather turn back time and be condemned for her sake.

A domineering man conquers the body; a gentle man conquers the heart.

When the splendor fades and every scheme is laid bare, can she and he, or he and she, rekindle their love?

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The man is breathtakingly handsome, with sharply defined features like a face carved from stone. A carefree smile always plays at the corner of his mouth.

His thin lips gently nibble the woman's delicate earlobe, and he murmurs hoarsely, “Are there no traces of me in your eyes?”

The woman smiles sweetly. Her bright eyes sparkle, but she remains unmoved. With a smile that could topple a kingdom, she answers in a voice clear as a mountain stream, “And is there no trace of Luo Xi in Your Majesty's eyes?”

Wisdom gleams in his deep brown eyes. He grips her chin and breathes warmly against her neck. “I see no one in my eyes, but you must see me!”

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Shang Yaojie, ruler of the Zhuyue Kingdom, regards women as nothing more than pleasing diversions. An unexpected encounter, initially just a calculated test, seals their fate and entangles them in love and hatred.

Luo Xi is an orphan with no memories. Two years ago, she was saved by a hostage prince from the Qixuan Kingdom. But when their love reaches its height, he heartlessly gives her to the ruler of the Zhuyue Kingdom.

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When the memories of the past gradually come together, she realizes that she and he are, in fact…

Before the cliff, the woman slips from his grasp and falls away, leaving behind the only bond between them.

The man's anguished roar echoes through the sky, leaving only its lingering refrain: “Duo'er, Duo'er…”

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Three years later, a woman arrives, her appearance strikingly similar to hers.

But the clear, limpid eyes she once had now shine with a bewitching purple light. She

If only life could always be like the first meeting… Is it her, and yet not her?

Until the woman's sharp sword pierces