(Alternate ancient setting, 1v1, happy ending, both leads devoted to each other, no secondary couples, romance-focused, light political intrigue, childhood sweethearts, young emperor and empress, slow-burn romance)
Xie Qinghe has known since childhood that the current emperor is no good. Her father is loyal to the throne and the empire, yet the emperor still covets her family’s military power.
Are the royal family and the military clans doomed to distrust each other? Xie Qinghe refuses to accept that. She decides to choose a prince and raise him from childhood into the kind of emperor she wants.
But somewhere along the way, things start to feel wrong. What happened to her obedient, gentle little Crown Prince? With the imperial edict resting heavily in her hands, Chu Yan says, “You’re more suited to be emperor than I am.”
Great, come on!