The Cynical Emperor’s Favorite

In 843, the quiet prince Li Yi who everyone thought was stupid got drunk, went hunting, and made a provincial mayor’s daughter pregnant. Li Yi summoned this girl to the palace to become his wife’s maid so that he could meet their son and continue their affair, but his wife Chao Bai’s ruthless family sent the girl Ning threats to scare her out of going, securing their puppet daughter Bai’s place as main wife and consolidating their place as a powerful family. When a surprising turn of events make it so that the overlooked Li Yi is the emperor of China, Ning ventures out to the Forbidden City so that her son can meet his father. In the end, Ning will become one of the most powerful women of the Tang Dynasty.