The Powerful Chancellor Wants to Rise to the Top

(Regular updates, no abandoned story. You'll be glad you signed up!) Puppet empress vs. powerful chancellor After Liu Yue died suddenly, she opened her eyes to find herself in a hot spring, with a breathtakingly handsome man beside her. She learned that she'd become the empress, and that this gorgeous man had been keeping her company late at night. She innocently asked him, “Are you My Imperial Majesty's male consort?” The man said nothing. With a cold expression, he held a long sword to her neck. Terrified, she cried and begged for mercy, and from then on she held a grudge against him. Then she learned that the original owner of her body was a puppet empress and the man was a powerful chancellor with eyes and ears everywhere. She decided to cling to the throne, eat, drink, and do nothing, while indulging herself in sensual pleasures. But the chancellor kept restricting and correcting her, teaching her to read, ride, shoot, and understand the responsibilities of a ruler. Liu Yue was confused. Wasn't he a treacherous usurper? Why not ruin the emperor and take the throne himself? Later, she ran away from the palace with gold and silver, hoping to live carefree in the countryside. But the man appeared out of nowhere once more. He pressed her against the door, his eyes full of tenderness and longing. “Would you please grant your favor to me, Your Majesty?” Liu Yue froze, standing there and turning the words over in her mind. She'd always known he wanted to rise to power. So it turned out he meant to rise to this position... Xiao Heng, the all-powerful chancellor of the Great Yao dynasty, had been rather troubled lately. Ever since his emperor fell into the water, she seemed like a different person: quick-witted, stubborn, and wildly unpredictable. What's more, she'd mistaken him for someone beneath her station! Had some evil spirit possessed Her Majesty? So he grew curious, became dissatisfied, and drew closer step by step to investigate. Seeing her kindheartedness, compassion for others, and concern for the common people, he became certain she wasn't an evil spirit. But once he fell for her, unable to suppress his feelings and no longer able to look away, he whispered hoarsely in her ear, “You must be an evil spirit sent by heaven to tempt me...” Ruler and subject, subject and ruler, bound together in an endless entanglement. For a thousand years and ten thousand more, they would never part. Reading Guide: 1. There is a System, but it plays a very minor role. 2. The heroine is not an all-powerful female lead. 3. The first half is told from the heroine's perspective, and the second half from both leads' perspectives. 4. The tone is lighthearted, and the details aren't meant to stand up to scrutiny. Just enjoy it for fun. Here's a preview of my upcoming book, Bound to My Former Classmate After Faking My Death!!!!!! The leads are the supporting couple from The Powerful Chancellor. Yan Qingping vs. Helian Rui A sly, flirtatious man with a hidden gentle side vs. a cool woman with a ruthless streak beneath the surface 1. The treacherous plotted to frame Yan Xiuyuan, the General Who Defends the Nation, for rebellion. His entire clan was executed, but his daughter Yan Qingping managed to escape. Seven years later, the capital, Yujing, was abuzz as the top candidate in the imperial examinations paraded through the streets. Shen Nian, who had come third, had the honor of following him. Just then, Helian Rui, heir to the Prince of Zhennan, returned to the capital to report on his duties. The two processions came face to face on Wenwu Avenue. Amid the uproar, Shen Nian looked up. Helian Rui sat on his steed, wild and dazzlingly handsome, his eyes filled with arrogant disdain for all things. He was nothing like the gloomy boy who used to follow her around at the Imperial College, calling her “Big Sister.” 2. That night, after the palace banquet in honor of the successful candidates, Shen Nian returned home and pushed open her door, only to find a tall, unfamiliar man standing inside. A sliver of moonlight slipped in and lit up his excited, blazing dark eyes. He stared at her, his jaw clenched, love and hatred woven tightly together. “Sister Yan, you fooled me so badly. I slept with your ashes for seven years, and it turns out you were never dead...” 3. Yan Qingping had spent seven years in hiding. Now, under the name Shen Nian, she returned to Yujing and entered officialdom to kill her enemies and clear her family's name. But before she could do anything, Helian Rui, whom she'd met in her youth at the Imperial College, saw through her disguise. This “former classmate” pursued her like a wolf, refusing to let her go. He even swore he would protect her, love her, and cling to her until the end of time... The swallows of yesteryear return as wild geese after seven years. Theme: May peace reign throughout the land, and may all people have enough to eat and warm clothes to wear.