The Southern Barbarian Empress of Medicine

According to unofficial histories:

Queen Mu was the beloved consort of Yelu Zun, the most tyrannical and cruel emperor of Nanman, a ruler so terrifying he could silence a crying child. It was said that when Yelu Zun ascended the throne, he spent three sleepless days in the Nanman palace torturing and slaughtering the servants and siblings who had abused him when he was an unloved prince. Yet this notorious emperor became putty in Queen Mu’s hands.

There were also rumors that Queen Mu had married the Nanman king for a second time, though she had actually been the uncrowned empress of the great Tianjin Dynasty. No one knew how she had gone from the land of propriety and ceremony, Tianjin, to the barbarian lands of Nanman.

But as far as Mu Qing was concerned, it was simply that her former husband wanted to enjoy the company of several women, and after their divorce, the loyal dog she had raised since childhood kept pining and fantasizing about her…