Zhi Hao has one goal: to pass the imperial exam, and eventually become a magistrate.Β
That will get him the salary to support his parents and sisters. Eventually, he wants a wife and children, but not now. So, he is completely unprepared when a mystical fox spirit, in the shape of a beautiful woman, comes to seduce him. One nightβs weakness might end his bright future, and yet he is unable to resist.
Ling Xin is no vixen. Sheβs a woman competing to become Empress of China. She knows everything a young woman is supposed to learn, but then, so have all the other women in the running. What she doesnβt know is how to seduce a man. And sheβs heard that the emperor isnβt impressed with purity. What she needs is a crash course in temptation, and the only possible tutor is the sexy scholar next door.
Itβs a dangerous game theyβre playing, one they canβt win. If theyβre caught, theyβll both die. If theyβre notβ¦sheβll still be in the Forbidden City, lost to him.
But passion has its own demandsβ¦and love, its wondrous possibilitiesβ¦