Farming in the Cold Palace: Raising a Child to Become Empress Dowager Beats Dealing with the Emperor

An outstanding employee of the Time-Space Administration receives the final assignment of her career. Dreaming of retirement, Yuan Rong studies hard before reporting for duty, only to discover that the mission’s timeline is all wrong!

She has become a deposed empress banished to the Cold Palace, a penniless rookie mother!

And there are always lowlifes scheming openly and behind her back to kill her!

After supporting her son all the way to the throne and cutting a path through every obstacle with twin blades, Yuan Rong sighs. Retirement is so hard. Can’t I get a bigger pension?

That year, remarkable talents emerge all over the capital of Dayun. The young emperor, Ye Jingyan, goes digging through the city for people with useful skills, only to discover that every gifted artisan he takes a liking to is one of the deposed empress’s secret identities!

Ye Jingyan orders someone to hurry over with the imperial edict and seal appointing her empress. Smiling, he says, “Your Majesty, let’s discuss your salary and benefits. Five times your monthly pay, plus a custom gold token! What do you think?”

Yuan Rong looks at the young emperor. “No. I want to be the empress dowager.”

Ye Jingyan: “...Your Majesty has such lofty ambitions. I’ll abdicate for you right away~”