Chapter 2

Chapter 2

I sent Chen Shuang away and confiscated her three banned books.

Heh heh. I’m going to hide under my covers and read them tonight.

It’s my first time reading a banned book where I’m the main character.

I opened the first one: *The Monk and the Demon Empress: A Few Tales*.

The plot seemed decent at first glance, but there were significant discrepancies from what actually happened.

First of all, regarding the Imperial Mentor, Xie Huaiji-he was the one who pounced on me.

Back then, Xie Huaiji was staying in the palace for his spiritual cultivation. He looked like a fallen immortal with features as beautiful as a painting and a cold, detached aura that made countless people bow in admiration.

However, he was indifferent to worldly affairs and didn’t even know who I was.

That was until that night in the Thousand Buddha Hall, when he was drugged and happened to run into me.

After a night of absurdity, he picked up his scattered clothes and wrapped his snow-white monastic robe around me.

He wanted to return to secular life for me and even insisted on marrying me.

I politely declined at first, saying we could talk about marriage later.

Because he was so exceptionally handsome, I entangled myself with him a few more times, telling him only that I was a maidservant in the Empress’s palace.

It wasn’t until he discovered I was actually the Empress that he refused to see me again. Later, he returned to Tiantong Temple.

In the book, however, Xie Huaiji is obsessed with me, unable to pull himself away.

This is simply-too satisfying!!!

Next, I opened *The Demon Empress and the Prince: Boundless Romance*.

The basic plot of this book was correct; it was just much more graphic than reality.

Regent Xiao Chi and I had once kept watch together by the Late Emperor’s sickbed.

He was waiting for his imperial brother to die so he could become the Prince Regent.

I was waiting for my husband to die so I could become the Empress Dowager.

He asked me what I wanted to do once I became the Empress Dowager.

I counted on my fingers. “I want to keep a dozen or so male concubines. What about you? Now that you’re the Prince Regent, what are your plans?”

Xiao Chi tutted. “What, do you want me to be one of your male concubines?”

Just then, the Late Emperor experienced a final moment of clarity. Upon hearing those words, he breathed his last and passed away.

Finally, I looked at *No Virtuous Ministers Beneath the Demon Empress’s Skirt*.

The author of this one was clearly more skilled than the previous two.

The writing style was delicate, the storytelling was smooth, and it was incredibly immersive.

The youngest Chief Minister in our dynasty’s history, Zhou Ruchen, was portrayed in this book as a total hopeless romantic.

He had spent ten years of hard study, plotting every step of the way until he finally reached a high position.

On the day he became the Chief Minister, the childhood friend was finally able to get a handle on his little sweetheart.

But in reality, on that night of wind and snow, Zhou Ruchen broke into my palace.

He didn’t use any carrot-and-stick tactics. He simply said to me, “Empress Dowager, can you not spare even a single glance for me?”

Of course, Zhou Ruchen is already mine now.

I’ve decided who I’m going to make Chen Shuang’s father.