Good Grief! The Empress Dowager Always Wants to Sail Across the Ocean!

After transmigrating, Gu Yingyao hasn’t even had time to take it all in before she faces a life-or-death choice.

Should she marry a scumbag who loves his cousin, wants her dead, and plans to seize her dowry, or enter the palace as empress to an emperor with little time left, becoming a human shield for the young crown prince whose position is precarious?

Gu Yingyao: “Either way, I’m going to die. I refuse to die miserably cooped up in some little house.”

A promotion, a raise, a dead husband, and a child without the pain of childbirth. With this windfall from heaven, I, Gu Yingyao, am going to hold on to it!

On his deathbed, Emperor Tianqi of the Great Yin dynasty marries the daughter of the Duke of Ying, who commands a powerful army. He does this to prevent the great clans from colluding with the imperial consorts and throwing the court into chaos, and to ensure that the crown prince born to the late empress can secure the throne.

After transmigrating, Gu Yingyao has barely been empress for a few days before becoming empress dowager.

She thought she could just be a figurehead, lie flat, and do nothing. Who could have guessed that her late husband would leave her with a pile of messes?

The great clans hold power, eunuchs meddle in government, politics are corrupt, the economy is collapsing, natural disasters strike one after another, and foreign enemies watch like tigers poised to pounce.

At her side is her adopted son, only ten years old. Across from her are Noble Consort Zheng and the second prince, both eyeing the throne, while far away, her brother-in-law is sharpening his knives in his fief.

Gu Yingyao has no choice but to rule from behind the curtain, curb the great clans and cut redundant officials, confiscate corrupt officials’ wealth to replenish the treasury, open the ports, and prioritize farming…

At long last, her adopted son is ready to take the reins. Gu Yingyao rolls up her sleeves and urges the Ministry of Works every day.

“I just want to lead an army on a little trip to the Eastern Ocean. Hurry up and get it done!”

Xiao Jingxian: “Don’t worry, sister-in-law. I’ll go with you.”