Cheerful college girl × scheming, black-hearted, unhinged tyrant, younger male lead
The heroine has a slight everyone-loves-her quality; both leads are each other’s first and only.
College student Shen Xiyao reads a novel called The Emperor’s Heart Is Hard to Read before bed. When she wakes up, she discovers she has transmigrated into the story as the youngest empress dowager in history.
In the novel, the original empress dowager repeatedly beats and berates the young emperor Rong Ji before he comes of age, using him as an outlet for her temper. On top of that, the Regent and the Chancellor treat him like a puppet. As a result, Rong Ji turns dark early on. Once he comes of age and reclaims his power, the first thing he does is have the empress dowager put to death in the most cruel way imaginable, along with the Regent and the Chancellor.
Fortunately, at the same time Shen Xiyao transmigrates, she binds herself to an “Emperor Training System.” If she can raise Rong Ji into a wise ruler, she can return to the modern world and win a five-hundred-million grand prize.
So Shen Xiyao devotes herself to raising and guiding Rong Ji, determined to make him a well-rounded ruler with virtue, intelligence, a strong physique, appreciation for the arts, and practical skills. At the same time, she has to keep the Regent and the Chancellor at bay.
Later, after Shen Xiyao finally completes her mission and makes a triumphant exit by faking her death, the System suddenly informs her that Rong Ji has turned dark and may become the tyrant from the original story, or worse. She must return and lower his corruption level.
But as soon as she returns to the palace, Rong Ji discovers her and has her seized.
“Big Sister, this time, I won’t let you escape again…”
