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Paradox of Indulgence

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Su Wan, a hostage from Northern Yan, endured three years in Daqi's Cold Palace—until she was suddenly betrothed to Fu Tingshen, the Regent infamous for "killing three wives." She entered the Regent's residence with a death wish, only to fall into a burning embrace on their wedding night: Fu Tingshen held the half steamed bun she'd given him five years ago, his eyes red, "I've searched for you for five years." The little beggar she'd snuck food to from the Cold Palace? Turns out he's the very man who now holds the world in his hands. When Northern Yan threatened her life in exchange for city cessions, everyone awaited her abandonment. But Fu Tingshen, clad in dragon robes, crushed the enemy's lines: "Is my kingdom enough to buy her a smile?" From a forgotten hostage to the revered Empress, she thought she was a pawn in her rise from obscurity—yet from the start, she was the only "exception" in his ten-year plan.

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