Summary
Chapter 0 I am the Crown Prince’s Favorite Consort. The Crown Prince treats me wonderfully-but what he doesn’t know is that I’m a spy from an enemy kingdom. For three years straight, I secretly sent intelligence out of the palace. Later, the Crown Prince ascended the throne. When he said he wanted to make me Empress, I finally couldn’t hold back anymore and went to find my contact. “Becoming Empress was never part of the mission. When can I pull out?” My contact was dumbfounded. “Huh? The two kingdoms made peace three years ago. You didn’t know?” I was dumbfounded too. Then who the hell had I been sending all that intelligence to for all these years? Late that night, when everything was quiet, the emperor held me close and said affectionately, “My beloved consort, let me read you a little bedtime story.” The more I listened, the more wide-awake I became. Damn it. Weren’t these the intelligence letters I wrote? The emperor paused. “Oh. Picked up the wrong one.” Calmly, he switched to another book. “Once upon a time, there was a mountain. On the mountain, there was a temple…”