Five Years a Slave, Now She Stands Alone and Steals the Emperor's Heart and the Phoenix Throne

[The Pursuit After the Breakup]

[After Giving Up on Love, the Crown Prince Offers His Beloved Concubine the Phoenix Throne]

Yu Jiangxun had loved Crown Prince Xiao Chengxi for years. She thought she was finally about to marry him, but one night, he personally handed her over to the Emperor.

She was the maid the Crown Prince kept by his side, and he had taught her every art of the bedchamber so she could get close to the Emperor.

Yet she had always believed there was genuine affection between her and the Crown Prince.

It wasn't until that night, when Xiao Chengxi ignored her piercing pain and cut away the calluses on her hand to dispel the Emperor's suspicions, that Yu Jiangxun finally gave up on him.

In just two years, she became the bewitching imperial consort who held the Emperor's heart, coolly watching Xiao Chengxi marry a Crown Princess of equal status.

But who could have guessed that the usually composed, self-controlled, coldhearted Crown Prince would go mad? "So what if you're His Majesty's favorite? Noble Consort, you can only be mine."

Yu Jiangxun sneered. "You were the one who cut away a layer of my flesh. You were the one who personally handed me over to the Emperor. And you were the one who trampled on my sincere feelings. Now... I only wish to be the Emperor's favorite!"

Later, Xiao Chengxi successfully ascended the throne and promised Yu Jiangxun the position of Empress. He thought she had finally changed her mind, only to discover she had merely pretended to reconcile with him, all so she could sit on the phoenix throne.

Xiao Chengxi brought every precious treasure in the world before her and begged day after day for her to spare him even a glance...