The Brutal Princess and Her Frail Husband

Fengcheng, the capital of the Yan Kingdom, was prosperous, yet steeped in decadence and decay. The Yan Kingdom had stood for three hundred years. Its capital had once been called Yanjing, but after Empress Zhaolie ascended the throne, she resolutely renamed it Fengcheng. Any officials who objected were slaughtered. Ten years ago, Empress Zhaolie took the throne and wiped out a hundred families. Since then, no one had dared say that women ruling the court was unnatural or that the Yan Kingdom was dominated by women. Empress Zhaolie ruled through terror. Her ruthless decisiveness surpassed that of the cruelest emperors in Yan history. She had five favored ministers who specialized in acting on rumors, slaughtering officials, and raiding their homes for money. But these five…