The Emperor thought that the Empress was dead, but in fact, it was a fake death. Later, the Emperor went out to patrol in civilian clothes and encountered the novel of the Empress.

This type of novel was generally called " Rebirth of Sadomasochistic Love " or " The Traversal of Concubine ". The story was about a modern girl who accidentally transmigrated to an ancient dynasty and became the son of the emperor. Because she had suffered a lot in the modern world, the emperor loved her very much, but the empress was very jealous of her. The Empress thought that the Emperor's wife was dead, so she abused her in all kinds of ways. However, the Emperor thought that the Empress was only on a business trip and did not care. Not long after, the Emperor met the Empress when he went out on a patrol in civilian clothes. The Empress did not die, but lived alone while the Emperor was on a business trip. The empress expressed her love to the emperor, but the emperor was unwilling to respond. In the end, the Empress became more and more powerful under the Emperor's favor, and the Emperor gradually realized his mistake and finally changed his mind and got back together with the Empress. The ending of the story was usually happy and reunited, but in the process, the emperor and the empress experienced a lot of difficulties and pain, which also required the readers to imagine and interpret it themselves.