Stepmother in Charge: She Rose to Power With Three Stepchildren in Tow

She was an heir to a family of medical and occult practitioners in the twenty-third century. In one moment, she became a wicked stepmother, and even achieved her modest goal of having two children within three years. But with three burdensome children in tow, and nine meals skipped every three days, was this really any way to live? Worse, two of the little ones were determined to kill her, and they were constantly afraid she’d run away with their fortune of thirty coins. If you don’t discipline a child for a day, they’ll climb onto the roof and tear it apart; leave them alone for two days, and they’ll try to drown their stepmother! Well, she wasn’t going to go easy on them. First, she’d teach them a proper lesson. What? That wicked woman wants to compete with her at hair-pulling? What are they waiting for? Let’s go! Hey, she even came away with a chicken and thirty coins. Not bad, that was a profitable deal! But what was the deal with this burdensome husband of hers? Never mind. They were married, after all, and perhaps it was fate. Once she cured her paralyzed husband, she’d leave and never look back! But after she cured him, the man refused to let her go... Lu Boyuan: “Can’t your husband satisfy you?” Tsk... Fine! He turned out to be a prince, so was he rewarding her by making her a princess consort? He wanted to return to the capital and seize power, and take her with him? The royal family was tearing itself apart, the neighboring kingdoms were in turmoil, and she seemed to have a hidden identity of her own? Wait, Lu Boyuan’s identity wasn’t so simple either! Lu Boyuan: “Xi’er, I’m the emperor now.” Yang Xi shook her head. His delusions were acting up again!