Power Over the Realm: The Empress Dowager Is Up to Her Tricks Again

The ruler of Xiyu was destined to die young. On her wedding night, Xiao Yuwu went straight from being empress to being empress dowager.

But being empress dowager was no easy job.

Her stepson clung to her. “Waaah… Mother, that rebel wants to cut off my head. You have to save me!”

Refugees knelt at her feet. “Your Majesty, my bedridden mother is eighty, and my youngest child is only three. Please save us!”

The tangled factions came to her, too. “Your Majesty, they forced me to do it. Please save me!”

Xiao Yuwu rubbed her temples. Building up Xiyu, this poor little country, was too much work for one person to handle.

At night, a certain man slapped the bed with a cold expression and threatened her. “Your Majesty, if you don’t come and soothe me, I really will get angry.”

The first half of this novel focuses on building a career, while romance takes center stage more in the second half.