The Tianyan Emperor has six daughters, and all but the sixth princess have their own strengths.
Everyone is speculating about who will become Tianyan’s first empress, and they all tacitly rule out the sixth princess.
Although the sixth princess is the emperor’s favorite, she is otherwise thoroughly ordinary, aside from her astonishing beauty, which is famous among the people.
When the succession edict is issued, the people are utterly stunned. The emperor, always praised for his wisdom, has appointed the most useless sixth princess as his heir.
The people don’t understand, and even the sixth princess, who’s content to eat, wait, and do nothing, is baffled. She goes to ask her father, the emperor, why, but he says nothing and only offers her advice on how to govern the realm.
With no way to protest, she has no choice but to swallow her pride and follow her father’s instructions: show kindness to the four capable ministers with whom she has had various conflicts and entanglements.
Or, as she puts it: win people over.
A friendly reminder: This is a multiple love-interest story, and the heroine really is a beautiful, useless woman.
Very nice 👀