Substitute Bride of the Crown

Xu Leyang once took the Song lady’s place to marry Crown Prince Li Xuanche. After helping him claim the throne, she left to live in seclusion. Years later, her father forced her back for the imperial consort selection. To evade the emperor’s notice, she darkened her skin and disguised herself as an ugly woman, yet was spotted by Li Xuanche, who had searched for her for three years.Her half-sister Xu Qingyan craved the empress seat and kept poisoning and framing her. Xu Leyang fought through harem schemes, outwitting her enemy. She mended the rift from her abrupt departure, revealed the substitute marriage truth, and quashed court plots. Finally, old harem rules were abolished. She was made empress and spent her life with the emperor.