The Tyrant’s Favorite Concubine

He is the ruler, and she is his subject. He loves her, utterly and obsessively. She fears him, and would rather see her career end than stay near him. He is cold and ruthless, a name that makes the people tremble. She, however, is refined and approachable, beloved by the people. From the moment she entered the court, he suspected she was a man. He tried every way he could to expose her identity, but she escaped his schemes at every turn. To hide who she was, she had no choice but to “marry” a wife and “have” children, playing the part of a couple with women and getting caught up in the battles of the inner household. Yet even that could not dispel the king's suspicions. In the year 231 of the Dasui era, disaster struck. She fell from a prince of the blood to a prisoner, with conclusive evidence proving her guilty of treason. After the verdict, more than three hundred people in the prince's household perished in a sea of flames. As she fled, the person she trusted most betrayed her. She was reborn, and the first thing she saw upon opening her eyes was the emperor's bed. Every disguise that had made her appear male was gone, and the man sharing her bed was none other than the emperor! She tried to flee, but he was quicker, pulling her into his arms and murmuring: “My beloved consort, I’ve waited three full years to hold you. Do you still want to run?” “Your Majesty...” She sank ever deeper into sin and love. A new imperial consort, favored above all others in the harem. Internal strife and foreign threats, the fall of the nation and the ruin of her family, the destruction of the legacy of their ancestors. Three years of biding her time, quelling rebellions, defeating enemies, and advancing one careful step at a time. In a chaotic world, witness an emperor and his consort weather every storm together, hand in hand, and laugh as they embrace all the world has to offer!