A Kingdom in Chaos, I Have No Time for Your Harem Schemes

(Alternate Northern and Southern Dynasties setting + two equally powerful leads + both devoted only to each other) “Heaven and earth gave birth to both yin and yang. Why should we women be considered beneath you men? “Why can some of you sit in high office despite having neither talent nor judgment, while we women work no less hard than you, only to be bound by your rules of propriety and locked behind the inner gates, raised and tamed like livestock, with our whole lives controlled by others? “Are we not capable enough to bring peace to the realm? Are we not strong enough to defend the nation?” Born in a chaotic age, Lu Lingzhao stood against the world. Born into a powerful family, she needed no clan to protect her. Married into the imperial house, she set the court ablaze with political upheaval. As empress, she scorned the intrigues of the inner palace. She raised an army, conquered the realm, punished the guilty and rescued the people from misery. She made unifying the land her duty and brought peace to all under heaven. At first, Xiao Cixue knew only that he had married an ugly woman. Later, he learned that she was the foot soldier who had disguised herself as a man and died under his command; she was the sovereign for whom the great powers of the realm would gladly lay down their lives; she was the leader of the people, able to rally thousands with a single call. She had countless faces, but he knew her only as his lawful wife. She left for her homeland and ascended the throne as emperor. Xiao Cixue chased after his wife across thousands of miles. “If you dare leave me, I’ll die right in front of you!” He fought north and south for her and brought the realm under control. He made her cause his own, became her sun, and shone like the brightest jewel in her crown. He would never regret it, even if it cost him his life!