[Also known as: Men Scheming Against One Another | I Woke Up and Learned the Art of Political Maneuvering]
1.
As the heir to the regent's title, Miao Feiyi only ever read tales for their fights and bloodshed.
After reading them for so long, she became a block of solid wood in the princely estate.
But this block of wood had lofty ambitions. All she wanted was to become a good official and serve the people.
The Great Ji Empire had stood for a thousand years. The late emperor died young without a daughter, and his only imperial son was pushed onto the throne. His claim was improper and his authority illegitimate, enraging the Mother Goddess, who sent down punishment and left the people in misery.
Seeing the world in such a state, Miao Feiyi was all the more determined to speak up for the people. She started as a low-ranking sixth-grade official, then spent years planning every move and advancing step by step.
She relieved famine, punished corrupt officials, strengthened the military, and put the finances in order.
She would cut down corrupt officials for the sake of justice, and kill powerful traitors for the sake of the people.
She fought her way upward, earning promotion after promotion, until no one in court could surpass her.
She thought her dream of becoming a loyal minister was about to come true, but her mother suddenly swept the game board away and told her to take the throne.
Miao Feiyi panicked. "Mom, I don't want to be emperor! You should do it instead!"
Regent: "You don't get to decide that."
Then the game of chess took an unexpected turn. Multiple sides kept one another in check, until the whole board collapsed in a single day. Natural and human disasters followed, and everything changed beyond recognition.
When the dust finally settled, she learned that she, too, had been her mother's chess piece.
The deaths of her classmates, colleagues, and friends came back to her.
At last, she understood the endgame: restore the realm to its rightful line, kill the male emperor, and seize the throne.
An emperor? Isn't that just the highest-ranking official in the world?
2.
As Miao Feiyi's power grew, old acquaintances around her began acting strangely.
The moody male emperor suddenly said that even an emperor was free to cook for a woman;
Her cool-faced childhood friend with the incredible physique suddenly started muttering about going back to their childhood;
Her pure and noble confidant secretly wrote erotic stories about the two of them;
A wealthy, handsome man who spent money like water was not very bright, but kept sending her gold and silk;
And the beautiful attendant at her side always looked at her as if he wanted to eat her alive.
This was all so difficult for her. But after years of friendship, what could she do?
She could only issue an imperial edict and bring them all into the palace as imperial consorts.
The court was in an uproar, but she remained unfazed. "I am doing this all for the realm!"
Her friend saw right through her: "The block of wood has blossomed, and all five flowers bloomed at once."
3.
The Records of Great Ji recount that men began drinking medicinal decoctions upon reaching adulthood, cutting off their reproductive fluids. They stopped taking the medicine only when their sovereign wished to have children. The Xiang family developed sweet medicinal pills, which were said to have become wildly popular with men. They were praised for making the skin fair, the hair black, and the figure slender. The emperor was delighted and bestowed upon them the name Osmanthus Beauty Pills.
For a time, noble sons and imperial consorts alike rushed to buy them.
Reading Notes:
1. The men in the blurb have no real power. Their status comes from their mothers and elder sisters. All officials who appear should be assumed to be women.
2. No relationship is confirmed before the protagonist ascends the throne.
3. The story is thirty percent romance and seventy percent plot.
4. This novel has no fantasy or transmigration elements.
Theme: Great love for humanity
[Orange Candy] Here Comes Cuoyun, a pure and handsome young man who socializes upwards. Through strict self-management and long-term seduction, he wants to avoid short-term choices and get big results to achieve a class jump. Unfortunately, when he meets the top gentleman Miaomiao, it can only be said that talent is a very cruel thing. (Laughing to death, I feel like the male characters in this article are very suitable for big-result literature, hahaha)
Miao Miao has a lot of pen pals 🐶 Miao·Time Management Master·Fei Yi
What a cool girl, borrowing a menstrual ring with such a cold expression sounds like a wonderful invention.
Cuo Yun is a professional in blocking knives, and was hit twice (2, 11) in 10 chapters 😂
[] Okay, okay, this Northern Xinjiang group has deepened the bond between Miao Feiyi and the two boys. The young emperor is going to cry🐶
Amao, don't be in danger [scared]
Mao is a strong fox [three-flowered cat head]
What do the sisters of the same generation call an older man?
I hope the author can continue to finish writing! There are too few good-looking articles like this. I want to see women showing off their talents in that era, and I want to slowly replace the male image that is automatically generated in my mind when I read about a certain character with a female one!
Hahahahahaha, these two were originally going to be on a blind date? This is also a classic configuration in Pure Love 1-1.