[Dual female leads + both pure in love + historical + female emperor + princess sent to marry for peace + female general + switch]
Same-sex couples can marry and have children, though there are no childbirth scenes in the main story.
[They distrust and use each other, loving and fighting in equal measure.]
Early on: They constantly test each other, even after getting intimate. Neither has ever been in love, so they slowly figure out their feelings.
Mid-story: They use each other, but there’s no angst. They take back what belongs to them.
Later on: Their conflict intensifies. Stay or leave, swallow or reject, it all comes down to a single thought.
(She isn’t ruled by love. The story truly considers things from an emperor’s perspective. If that’s not your thing, feel free to skip it.)
A career-driven female emperor + a princess sent to marry for peace who has no one to rely on
Living a sweet and happy life together.
In short: first appreciate their looks, then talk about feelings; marry first, fall in love later; get physical first, then talk it through.
Main couple: Chu Junning, female emperor of Dasheng, and Shen Qingci, third princess of Yan
Side couple: Lu Shuolan, female general of Dasheng and princess of Yunshu, the former Yan, and Lin Tingwan, female general guarding Yan’s border
Side couple: Linshuang, leader of Dasheng’s secret guards, and Ye Li, imperial physician of Dasheng
Martial arts rankings: Linshuang > Lu Shuolan ≈ Lin Tingwan > Shen Qingci > “a whole bunch of people” > Chu Junning
A sober empress in the human world, who is not obsessed with love and will not be carelessly pampered, is what an emperor should be like. Shen Qingci has grown up little by little, and there are shadows of Chu Junning inside, which is great👍🏻. Lin Tingwan is so pitiful and Lu Shuolan is so bad, but I like sadistic 🍉