Looking for a Female-Empire Palace Intrigue Story Told from the Male Lead's Perspective, with a Smart, Clear-Headed Male Lead

Looking for a palace-intrigue story in a matriarchal empire, told from the male lead's perspective. The male lead should be clever and clear-headed, a local, not someone who transmigrated or was reborn. Something like *Matriarchy: Upon the Emperor's Bed*! No multiple male leads. I want palace intrigue with a male lead who is special to the female lead!