Bestselling author You Zhiyu's historical romances include The Empress's Cold Heart and My Precious Concubine. The Empress's Cold Heart: Rong Qingyan, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's household, is skilled at riding and archery and well-versed in strategy. She is spirited and fearless, every bit the equal of any man. In public, she is a virtuous empress whose reputation reaches far and wide. In private, she plots every move in her quest for revenge, repaying even the slightest slight with ruthless vengeance. Xiao Mingze, the reigning Prince of Jin, is publicly known as an idle prince abandoned by the royal family and rumored to prefer men. In private, he is a cruel, cold-blooded man who loves one person with unwavering devotion. “Your Highness, do you want to be emperor? I can help you.” “Ayan, if you were the empress, I would.”
My Precious Concubine: Zhuang Wan had always believed she would marry Prince Qin, the most talented man in the capital, and share a harmonious life with him, playing music together and raising children. But overnight, the man she longed to marry destroyed her family. After saving her, he gave her away as someone else's concubine. Huo Shixuan, son of Yangzhou's richest man, is a spoiled wastrel who causes trouble wherever he goes, a hopeless fool who seems beyond saving. When he first got a beautiful concubine, Huo Shixuan dumped her in the courtyard and left her to fend for herself. Later, when he had fallen deeply in love, someone tried to take her away. Huo Shixuan pulled the beauty into his arms. “I gave her to you, so what makes you think you can give her back?” An ambiguous push and pull with her wastrel husband, conspiring together night after night, playing the pig to eat the tiger, and crushing all who stand in their way.
