He inherited a magnificent empire and had a harem filled with beautiful women, yet he knew every smiling face was just a veneer over the peace. “Your Majesty, it seems your shoes don’t fit.” One simple truth that no one else dared to say changed a beauty’s life forever. Her father had warned her that no one in the palace could be trusted, yet Empress Fucha confided in her completely. In the eyes of the world, she betrayed her mistress and seduced the emperor. They never knew that, out of compassion and gratitude, she willingly became the empress’s instrument. She was the secret between emperor and empress, and only Hongli knew how helpless she was. She thought she would spend her life enduring humiliation, until she discovered that someone truly cherished and protected her, until she saw the emperor shed tears for her. “You are no fatal beauty. You are the one person who understands me in this life.”
