A clear-headed, independent, clever, and resilient empress VS an upright, gentle, celibate chief minister
This is not a matriarchy. Women have low status and fight back step by step.
Huan Zheng is forced to go from a princess in the Cold Palace to a puppet emperor. The chancellor controls the court, while the great general Sikong Yan stands ready to force her from the throne at any moment. To protect herself, she pretends to please Sikong Yan, but as they spend time together, she falls in love with him without realizing it.
Yet just as her feelings for him grow deeper, Sikong Yan marries someone else. Once Huan Zheng comes to her senses, she immediately walks away and closes her heart to love. To bring Sikong Yan down, she begins winning over forces on every side, gradually becoming his equal.
But after losing her, Sikong Yan falls deeply in love with her. Huan Zheng, however, has no interest in taking him back.
Jiang Yuan carries a blood feud, yet chooses to save this country on the brink of collapse. He loves Huan Zheng deeply but cannot bring himself to confess. And when his true identity is finally revealed, it unleashes another storm of blood and violence…
Why don't you write it? Very pretty