She Sold Her Jewel, He Shared His Empire

Zoey Siewert, a brilliant girl raised by a cruel stepmother, is forced to dance at a brothel. A chance night with a stranger leaves her pregnant. She marries him, a man she thinks is a minor official and sells her phoenix pin to help his career. When his true identity as the emperor is revealed, she must survive palace schemes, outsmart her rivals, and rise to become empress of the Sulan Empire.