The Emperor's Exclusive Favorite

She had been in the palace for a year without ever seeing the emperor, yet for no apparent reason she was promoted several ranks and made Consort Qiong. After her investiture ceremony, she thought she would finally experience the pleasures of the bedchamber. But when she entered her quarters, it was not the emperor waiting there, but the empress. Rumor had it that the empress was a martial arts enthusiast who liked to dress as a man, with a bold and heroic bearing. Pinned beneath her, she finally learned that the empress, so beloved by her subjects, was actually a man through and through.