She transmigrates into a chaotic age and becomes empress.
Her husband is sickly and little more than a puppet, but he does have a whole flock of handsome younger brothers. Handsome they may be, but looking is all she can do: every one of them is ruthless and decisive.
With danger lurking every day, who has the time to compete with other women for a man? Staying alive and protecting herself come first.
If you can't beat them, join them. Whether she feigns affection or treats them like brothers, she ends up with a soulmate and a close male confidant.
But she has her limits: absolutely no backup boyfriends.
Other people transmigrate and fall in love or get revenge. She, on the other hand, spends one day winning this person's support and the next persuading someone else. Then she wakes up to find yet another person preparing a rebellion she can't suppress... She's the empress, the mother of the realm! Why is she always caught up in the schemes and intrigues of the court?
That'll cost extra.
No palace intrigue, no competing for favor. Romance is just a side dish. Yang Qingyi has finally carved out a place for herself in this very niche corner of the genre.
But niche also means a lot of frustration, and the heroine and author are frustrated every single day...
(This is a fictional setting with a slow pace and a focus on political intrigue. Romance is not the main plot. The story draws on the historical context of the Eight Princes' Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty, and some characters are based on real people.)
