Mountains and Rivers Reflect the Full Moon

Empress in two dynasties + struggle for the throne + childhood sweethearts + rekindled love + love of country and family + uncle and sister-in-law

A prince who seems as bright and open as the moon, but is deeply calculating × a noblewoman, the jewel of a great clan, who reveres power

Content warning: The heroine is no saint!

There is no senseless rivalry between women, only brutal struggles for power!

No transmigration, rebirth, or golden finger! All she has is the resilience and wisdom of a noblewoman from a great clan!

During the Yongchang era of Great Wei, powerful clans were entrenched throughout the court, and the emperor deeply mistrusted them. At the head of them all stood the Duke of Yi’s household.

To protect her family’s standing and fulfill her own ambitions for power, Que Yue, the duke’s eldest legitimate daughter, enters the palace as a study companion. She curries favor on all sides, seizing the opportunity to pursue the position of crown princess!

Yet in this struggle for power, where she must cast aside her true feelings and wager her family’s lives, Que Yue unexpectedly falls in love and loses her heart!

But she has no control over her fate, nor her feelings. In the imperial family, love is always the most extravagant thing, and the easiest to give up.

By imperial decree, Que Yue still follows the path laid out for her.

First, she becomes crown princess, then empress of Great Wei.

She rules the imperial harem, interferes in court affairs, and holds tight to the power in her hands.

Then the Turks invade, beacon fires blaze across the land, and the emperor suddenly dies on campaign!

Standing in court, Que Yue looks at the man facing her across the great hall. In a daze, she seems to see again the young man who once celebrated the Shangyuan Festival by her side.

The succession of a younger brother after an elder brother’s death has always been a problem with no easy answer.

Happy ending