Summary
Su Rou wakes inside a romance novel just as the emperor dismisses his entire harem for the pregnant heroine.
Delighted to trade palace intrigue for money, good food, and freedom, she settles on a country estate and hires the shy but deadly Ling Yue as her guard.
Their teasing courtship offers her the home she never had—until the emperor’s lingering attachment and the empress’s jealousy turn a comic escape into a lethal trap.