Empress of the Martial World: Her Majesty Knows Kung Fu

Palace intrigue + household drama + historical romance + revenge + seizure of power. Inspired by real history, with fictionalized changes. Hongli is sent by imperial command to Miaojiang to quell a rebellion. On his way back to the capital, he is attacked by martial artists. To escape, he takes refuge in the Chen household in Yueyang as a servant, where he and the Chen family's young lady, Chen Yongxu, fall in love. But Master Chen refuses to accept him and tries to drive him out. Just then, Hongli is found by his personal guard and returns to the capital. Later, the Chen family is implicated in the Cao Gang's conspiracy and executed by imperial decree. The sole survivor, Chen Yongxu, enters the Baijian Manor alone, learns martial arts, and vows to avenge her parents. She assumes a false identity and enters the palace to compete to become Prince Bao's consort, only to encounter the man she has long yearned for once more and become entangled in one palace struggle after another. She and Hongli save each other repeatedly, and in the end she helps him seize the throne. But she is branded an assassin who tried to kill the emperor and thrown into the Cold Palace...