Some say she was a master strategist who schemed against him and the nation alike!
Some say she was a scourge upon the country, a woman usurping the ruler’s place, another defiant empress like Wu Zetian!
The world says a woman can rely on her father and rise no higher than a princess, or rely on her husband and become, at most, an empress.
Only her father, the emperor, and her husband know the truth: they were the ones relying on her.
[Alternate history, not a fanfic of Peace in the Years, slow burn]
