[Female-led + Strong Female Lead and Weak Male Lead + Palace Intrigue + Female Pregnancy + Male Rivalry, Everyone Loves the Female Emperor]
The late emperor died suddenly, leaving the court without a ruler and turmoil erupting across the land.
Her full brother, born of the same mother, was ruthlessly ambitious. He ambushed Yin Huizhi on her way back to the capital and managed to ascend the throne before her. Gravely wounded, she fell from a cliff and survived only because a mountain hunter found and rescued her.
But fate had not yet decreed her death. Once she awoke, Yin Huizhi rallied her old troops and cavalry, marched on the capital, and ultimately slew the tyrant, claiming the throne that should have been hers.
Some condemned her for murdering her own brother and imprisoning her birth mother, saying she had defied all moral bonds. Others praised her as a rigorous ruler who loved her people like her own children, a wise sovereign rarely seen in a century. Yin Huizhi merely smiled at their opinions. Those caught up in the present could not see clearly, but those watching from the outside could. Whether she was fit to be emperor, she would leave for posterity to judge.
Fusty ministers claimed a woman was too frail to rule the realm and petitioned her to choose an empress and secure an heir. Yet throughout the world, all men were fit for nothing but to be toys in her palm.
The female emperor pointed carelessly and scoffed, "Why worry over who becomes empress? If any of you mention someone, I'll take them all."
Everyone fell for her, and everyone wanted a place in her heart.
In this life, love and hatred came and went in a rush. But when she turned back, a quiet place still awaited her.
