Careful, Empress Dowager: The Powerful Minister Is Up to No Good!

[Career-minded, beautiful empress dowager vs. an obsessive, love-struck power minister]

Xiao Lingyi's husband died, leaving their son too young to rule. With no other choice, she took charge of state affairs from behind the curtain. Yet with wolves circling her, the only powerful minister she could rely on was someone she had once cruelly abandoned… To stabilize the court, she endured humiliation and offered herself to him.

The man gripped her chin and sneered. “Does the Empress Dowager think I would want a married woman?”

But later, he pinned her beneath the curtains and coaxed her tenderly. “One more time, all right?”

…At first, they believed Xiao Lingyi had been unfaithful and called her a wicked empress. But later, they changed their tune: “She was a wise empress who held together a dynasty beset by turmoil.”

[Not a sweet, doting romance; the relationship has its share of angst]