After the Empress Dowager Got Pregnant with the Regent’s Baby

At eighteen, Yan Zhiyu was betrothed to the Crown Prince by imperial decree. At twenty, she ascended to the position of Empress alongside the newly crowned Emperor. Yet, as it turned out, no one could have anticipated that within just a few short years of his reign, the new Emperor would pass away, leaving their only four-year-old imperial prince abruptly thrust onto the throne. Surrounded by a court full of ambitious wolves and tigers, Yan Zhiyu appointed a prince from some remote, backwater mountain region as the Regent, while she herself stepped behind the beaded curtains to rule as the Empress Dowager. However, this Regent seemed rather strange. Wasn’t he supposed to be idle and incompetent? And what was with him running over to her bedchamber every single day? *** Ling Lie had yearned for Yan Zhiyu with all his heart for many years. When he finally managed to take her as his wife, he discovered she was as dense and unresponsive as a little block of wood. A block of wood it was, then. As long as he could keep her by his side, he was content. Just as he finally outlived his emperor father, his hot seat on the dragon throne hadn’t even grown warm yet before he passed away. Waking up, Ling Lie found that he had become some insignificant little prince from a remote mountain corner, with people from the palace waiting right outside for him. They told him that the Empress Dowager had bestowed upon him the title of Regent. *** One-Sentence Synopsis: How charming the Empress Dowager appears when I gaze upon her. Core Theme: Cherish the person right before your eyes. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: After the Empress Dowager Got Pregnant with the Regent’s Baby — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠