[Empress Dowager Feng Ping × refined and elegant minister Li Yi] [Historical romance + equally matched leads + palace intrigue + strong female lead + heartbreaking + BE + fictional setting + taking by force] A widow's door is never free of trouble. At twenty-two, the empress dowager was in the prime of her youth, beautiful as a flower, and had just lost her husband. She was as pitiful as a dewy white camellia. Her family was useless, and she had no son. The emperor was the bastard born of her enemy, and he opposed her at every turn. Everyone, from top to bottom, had their own schemes. To stay safe, she would have to keep power firmly in her hands.
