[A powerful female lead + ancient court intrigue + a touch of ensemble cast + a heroine focused on her career, a hero devoted to romance]
Rumor has it that the Lu family, the Marquis of Pingding in the Yun Dynasty, committed treason and colluded with the enemy. The emperor ordered the entire family executed, and from that day on, not a single Lu remained in the world.
Ten years later, word spread through the streets that a peerless martial arts prodigy had emerged on the frontier. Her name was Mu Zhao, and she instantly became the capital’s favorite topic of conversation.
The Yun Dynasty has three princes. The most conspicuous is the third prince, Yun Qingdu. He is frail, unable to carry anything heavy or lift anything at all, and even an ordinary woman is stronger than he is. Yet no one knows just how formidable the business empire behind him really is.
No secret can stay hidden forever from those determined to uncover it.
If she wants to claim that supreme throne, then Yun Qingdu will fight to win it for her.
And while he’s at it, he’ll offer himself to her as well. He just doesn’t know whether she’ll accept.
(Note: This is not a story about a doting wife. The heroine can become emperor without a male lead, and they have no children. The male lead will take medication that makes him infertile. The heroine disguises herself as a man early in the story, and the male lead will keep wondering if he might be gay.) The author is terrible at writing blurbs, so please give the story a try.