Empress Yangcui | WlW, GL

Yangcui was not a sensitive woman, in fact she was a tyrant both as an emperor and as a wife. She had no particular affection for the women in her harem, sometimes if they really irritated her, she would deal with them as if they were strangers.

Although the public loved her, the ministers feared her, and her concubines did well to hide in their own courtyards behind the palace walls, keeping their distance from a woman whose heart was devoid of love and compassion.

However, her younger wife, Maria, whom she had just picked up, was not as quiet as the others. The young girl ran around everywhere, taking advantage of her position to live freely - eat whatever she wanted, roam the palace unhindered, and dare to be impudent to others. The palace men complained about their unbridled wife, about her lack of modesty and feminine charm. But, strangely enough, Yantsui did not punish his little wife or bother her.

Instead, she requested a report on Maria's daily activities, finding the girl's antics amusing - the Emperor had discovered that he liked this wife a little. Yantzui deviated from her usual routine, skipped her usual training, and took her place in Maria's courtyard, silently waiting and watching. The desire to see this free woman do whatever she pleased with her family name, using her power in comfort to play like a fox, grew so strong that it forced her to act.

Seeing her, Yantzui crossed her arms over her chest, her dragon robe was covered in a thin layer of snow, but her body remained motionless and unyielding. “Come here.” It was an order, not a request. And this was the first time Yantzui and Mary met face to face.