[Court Intrigue] [Coming of Age] [Everyday Sibling Life] [No Romance]
[Important Content Warning: The heroine is only nine months old at the beginning. Until she grows up, the story is told mainly from her older brother's perspective. Raising the child is only part of the story, which will follow her all the way to becoming emperor.]
The Xia Dynasty has a cherished and pampered Grand Princess: the full younger sister of Emperor Tiansheng, who ascended the throne before he was twenty and raised her himself.
Emperor Tiansheng lives by the motto, "If my sister climbs a wall, I'll hold the ladder. If she gets into trouble, I'll take the blame." As long as she isn't in mortal danger, she's free to do whatever she wants with the vast resources of the Xia Dynasty.
Seeing the emperor's attitude, everyone assumes the Grand Princess will grow up spoiled and useless. Then, one after another, they hear that their colleagues have been summoned to the palace to tutor her, and that after leaving, they can't stop praising her talent.
Only then do they realize: their current emperor was a prodigy who could read and write at three, compose eloquent prose at five, and excel in all six arts of a gentleman. The Grand Princess shares his blood and was raised by him personally. How could she be anything but extraordinary?
Seeing everyone's belated realization, the emperor is quite pleased with himself. My sister, whom I raised myself, naturally takes after me. And naturally, my sister, whom I raised myself, should share my workload.
With a grand wave of his hand, he gives his sister half the memorials to review alongside him. The ministers are left speechless, staring at the childish vermilion note returned to them: "Noted."
Since when do emperors willingly let their siblings (crossed out) sisters meddle in politics?
Minister: A princess taking part in state affairs has never happened before! Unheard of!
Emperor: Now you've seen it. I am the emperor, and my sister, whom I raised myself, will naturally become emperor too.
