The Empress’s Guide to Rising to Power Through Favor

This is the story of a beautiful, short-tempered poisonous flower who battles her way through the palace, latches onto a dark-hearted golden benefactor, tramples her enemies, and even finds time for romance. At fifteen, she enters the palace to investigate the cause of her father’s death. When she first meets him, he is an unfavored prince, but her “foresight dream” golden finger tells her that this golden benefactor will become a great rebel villain. Even worse, he will eventually ascend the throne, while all the “hounds” who follow him will rise to wealth and power, and those who oppose him…