A Plan to Raise a Flirtatious Empress Dowager

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[The fully realized, ambitious woman who wields love as a blade] &

[The devoted, sweet-natured boy she raises]

Blurb:

At eighteen, Lou Zhuangji thought she would die in the Cold Palace. In this tiny world cut off from everything, morality and propriety are cast aside. Life and death are in the hands of others, and people who are lively today can vanish without a trace tomorrow. The women here are more lowly than dirt.

Her chance to change her fate comes in the form of a prince sentenced to death by her father, but protected by his mother. Lou Zhuangji wipes the dust from a shining pearl and raises him into a perfect ruler. And her ambition grows steadily.

Beyond the Cold Palace, she must still live among beasts. But she has already learned how to mercilessly tear into her enemies, manipulate people's hearts, and keep herself from being captured by love. She stays by her most prized pupil's side as his counselor, personally polishing him until he shines.

Desire in the palace is boundless. People pursue power, and they pursue love too. Lou Zhuangji doesn't take pleasure in love, but neither does she reject it. The more love she has, the more power it represents.

The warmest embrace she gives herself over to comes from her own pupil, the emperor who will one day rule the land. He is tender and affectionate, but she never stops reminding him of the rules of propriety. Love needs excitement, and nothing is more thrilling than a love that defies Heaven's law.

But it still isn't enough.

For the rest of her life, she tries to make up for the hunger she endured in the Cold Palace. She embraces power and love almost greedily, rises to become empress dowager, beholden to no one, and gathers countless admirers at her feet. But pain, like frostbite on her hands, returns year after year. She needs a fiery heart to warm her.

But after countless acts of manipulation and betrayal, even the strongest feelings begin to crack. The empire outside is on the verge of collapse, while court rivalries and intrigue churn within. How can she keep going down this path...

*Centered on the female lead. She and the male lead are in the raising stage at first. The story is divided into the Consort Arc and the Empress Dowager Arc.

*It looks like one woman with multiple men, but it's actually one-on-one.

*The female lead has no sexual history; the male lead does. Both leads have moral flaws, but their virtues outweigh them.

*The emotional storyline and intimate interactions, including marriage, begin only after their kinship is dissolved.

Theme: You alone are the master of your fate