The female lead has complete control over the fates of every other character from beginning to end.
She’s powerful, and she’s powerful from the start. With nothing but her astonishing makeup skills, she does whatever she wants. If someone gets on her nerves, she sends them back to school to start over. Two strong female leads.
Breaking away from the stale plots of the past, the heroine is abandoned from the start, then goes on to become the strongest “Makeup War Goddess” across the Four Realms and Eight Wastes. Anyone she can’t stand has everything confiscated and is sent back to school. She founds her own academy and takes on disciples.
Later, she meets the love of her life, Dongfang Zeyan (in Chapter 22), and devotes herself to political intrigue for his sake. Even when she’s outnumbered, she never fears any faction.