One Night Before Execution

Forced into a dying emperor's harem, Fiona makes a deadly gamble—seducing the forbidden monk at the funeral! But when their red-hot night spares her from execution, she discovers a shocking truth: he's the new emperor! Now, between a murderous stepmother, a jealous consort, and her own traitor sister, Fiona must outsmarts every trap, until the emperor burns those enemies to the ground and crowns her empress.