Beguiling at the Ruler’s Side

Yan Zheng and her husband, the Crown Prince, fell in love when they were young. She never imagined that the man who had once promised her a lifetime of devotion would betray her. Only after her death does Yan Zheng learn the truth. Her childlessness had never been her fault. The Crown Prince was incapable of fathering children—except, inexplicably, with his highly fertile secondary consort. And the husband who had sworn that she would be the only woman in his life had long since given his heart to someone else. He stood by while his secondary consort plotted Yan Zheng’s death. Together, they destroyed the entire Yan family. Then, stepping over the bodies of Yan Zheng and everyone she ...