Joy of Life: The Night Ye Qingmei Defied the Throne

She descended from the temple bearing the fire of civilization—Ye Qingmei, a visionary who dared to dream of equality in an age of absolute power. The emperor she crowned once promised her the world as a wedding gift, vowing to rule by her side. She built the Inner Treasury to fill the nation's coffers and founded the Supervisory Yuan to shield the people from tyranny, never suspecting her ideals would become the dagger at her lover's throat. When her radical belief that all men are equal began eroding the divine right of kings, affection curdled into paranoia. On a rain-drenched night, weaken…