An Empress of Her Time

Di Yan is a man of celestial beauty, born to be emperor. He is ambitious and full of lofty ideals, yet unable to gain power. Zhai Zhi is a master of diplomacy, both friend and foe. He seems mild and harmless, but is cold inside. He keeps everyone at a distance, however faint, except the person he loves most. A prince who commands the military, his life's greatest wish is to protect and assist his beloved elder brother. One of these men is the love of her life. To marry him, she even abandoned everything. The other is her most precious “family,” the only man in the world who could make her weep. She regarded him as her own elder brother, but it was only on the day he died that she learned his feelings for her were more than familial. After his death, he left her a mysterious wooden box. Inside was a piece of cold jade, whose chill froze her heart and her love. Because she loves him, she has no choice but to leave him. Because of a promise she once made, she must leave him. She leaves the harem, where she could enjoy his embrace, and enters the war-torn court, changing from his woman into his subject. She must stand before him as the whole realm closes in, cutting a path through the brambles and fighting for power. Even if it means staining her hands with blood, she will turn the impossible into the possible… But “Why did you betray me?” “For Meimei!” In that moment, she becomes the sinner who turns the two brothers against each other, the woman the whole world curses as a calamity. And to atone, she has only one choice… My other work: “Blood Lotus” http://read.xxsy.net/info/90866.html Related works: Prequel: “Beauty That Topples the Realm” http://read.xxsy.net/info/129818.html Side story: “Queen of the Phoenix” http://read.xxsy.net/info/204229.html