She came from the ashes of Beiyan, the daughter of a guilty minister, and a servant of the palace.
Her aunt's teachings made her understand that in this cannibalistic palace, "living with your brain instead of your heart" is the only way to survive.
Once she was a queen, she lost her husband at a young age. Above the court, the powerful officials watched eagerly.
With a performance of martyrdom in the fire, she won the qualification to rule the court, and she also used thunderous means to kill the traitors, making her debut.
After closing the curtain twice, she promoted equalization of land, reformed officialdom, and carried the fate of an empire on her shoulders. She raised her grandson Emperor Xiaowen to be a wise king, but she also tasted the bone-gnawing loneliness at the top of power.
This is the legend of the civilized Empress Dowager Feng. She doesn't want to be a pawn of history, she wants to be the one who plays chess - even at the cost of being with Gu Yue for the rest of her life.
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