The Substitute Bride Empress

A shocking conspiracy turns her from the most noble legitimate daughter into the lowest-ranking servant in the General's residence, someone anyone can bully. A bloodless battle in the imperial harem turns a brilliant young emperor into an invalid who may not live past twenty-five. Every step is perilous. An irrevocable imperial decree binds him and her together from that day forward, beginning a life in which they depend on and support each other. In each other's eyes, they find the courage to keep living, and the only true affection in the world capable of warming them both. She is grateful to have met him in this life. He is thankful to have her in his life. * Scene One: The woman wept bitterly, covering her swollen cheek as she looked at the young emperor in his splendid robes. "Your Majesty, you must give me justice! Look how badly the Empress has swollen my face!" Her eyes were red from crying. She glanced timidly at Fu Yunruo, who stood nearby with a cold expression, and a vicious glint flashed in her eyes. Fu Yunruo folded her arms, her gaze utterly unmoved. A faint, mocking smile tugged at her lips. Suddenly, she swiftly raised her leg and kicked the woman in the stomach with all her strength. "Ah!" A pig-like shriek of pain rang through the imperial garden. She coolly dusted off her hands, her voice calm and even. "Since you put it that way, I'd be letting you down if I didn't do something about it." She fixed her cold gaze on the woman, whose beautiful features were twisted together, and spoke with quiet scorn. The man in his bright yellow dragon robe looked at her with deep concern. He paced gracefully over to the woman sprawled on the ground and asked in a clear, breezy voice, "Are you all right?" "Your Majesty, it hurts so much! Look at what the Empress did!" The woman's tears rolled down like pearls. But the handsome young emperor slowly turned away from her, then crouched beside the Empress with concern. As the woman stared in disbelief, he gently rubbed the Empress's leg. His soft voice was like moonlight flowing over water. "Next time you want to kick someone, just get a guard to do it. What if you hurt your leg?" Scene Two: Snow blanketed the top of the city wall, while a dark mass of soldiers stood below. Beneath the wall, he glared up at the woman hanging amid the snow, his eyes dark as a bloodthirsty leopard's. His heart felt as if it were being crushed inch by inch, bleeding with pain. "Situ Jiaxi, order your men to put down their weapons and retreat thirty zhang, or I'll kill your woman right now!" The man on the wall shouted frantically, his eyes bloodshot. His murderous voice echoed through the air for a long time. He gazed with deep affection at the woman hanging from the wall. Dressed in white, he slowly let an inscrutable smile touch his lips. His peerless beauty left even the enemy soldiers atop the wall stunned. "If you dare harm even one hair on her head, I'll make everyone in Feng City pay, including you!" I recommend my completed novels: http://read.xxsy.net/info/319508.html Hate My Wife http://read.xxsy.net/info/295088.html The Millennium Princess Recommended novels by friends: http://read.xxsy.net/info/338285.html Ling Qianmo, Wolf's Kiss http://read.xxsy.net/info/341813.html Xiao Zhu Qingfeng, Chastity Lost, Enslaved http://read.xxsy.net/info/352338.html Qian Shui De Yu My Cold and Beautiful Young Wife http://read.xxsy.net/info/350403.html Hudie Wen Huaxiang, My Clingy Husband http://read.xxsy.net/info/328898.html Mu Yu Nianhua, I Picked Up a Wild Man to Be My Husband http://read.xxsy.net/info/332431.html Sha Wei's Diary My Husband Dotes on Me http://read.xxsy.net/info/337015.html Xiao Yueyue The Supreme Madwoman http://read.xxsy.net/info/352669.html Xue Cang Xuanqin The Evil Linglong http://read.xxsy.net/info/318620.html Night Dew Fragrance The Thunderous Empress http://read.xxsy.net/info/357615.html Bu Xiaoyao The Young ...