[Empress + pure historical fiction + medicine + political intrigue + all triumph, no angst + duty to the nation + everyone pays for their mistakes + happy ending]
On their wedding day, her husband left in a hurry before they could even spend the night together, claiming he needed to pursue an official career. He left Yao Weixi all alone.
For five long years, Yao Weixi dutifully served her in-laws and their entire family. At last, her husband returned home, but instead of the love she had waited for, she was met with a scheme.
A faithless husband who secretly kept a mistress and plotted to take his wife’s life was not worth her devotion. Yao Weixi decisively put her feelings aside, gathered evidence, and reported the scoundrel. But her adoptive parents’ family took the opportunity to kick her while she was down.
Rescued at the brink of disaster, she heard people address her as Her Majesty the Empress and finally learned the truth about her birth.
From then on, a new empress took the throne. Working with her sworn elder brother, she steered the court, recruited worthy officials, won the people’s support, consolidated her power, and set the realm right.
Her adoptive parents, her scoundrel of a husband and his family, and everyone else who had wronged Yao Weixi saw the tide turning and hurried to confess their sins, kneeling as they begged her forgiveness...
P.S. This is not a transmigration or reborn story, and there is no golden finger. The male lead is a familial figure, Tang Zhenye, not a romantic love interest. The heroine is never mistreated, and everyone dotes on her. From the very beginning, she cuts off her feelings, becomes empress, and focuses on her ambitions. She is supreme and never forced to swallow her pride, enjoying one triumphant moment after another.
