I Save the Nation with Velvet Flowers

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The overworked preschool teacher Liu Yinghua is scared to death by a parent's late-night phone call, then transmigrates into the body of the legitimate daughter of the Liu family, who has just been found after years away. Her father doesn't love her, her stepmother doesn't care for her, and she's off to a disastrous start.

As luck would have it, the late emperor named her to assist the new emperor, giving Liu Yinghua a stepping stone. The regent is sent to bring her back to the palace. The first time she meets Xiao Cheng, he sits inside the carriage without showing himself at all, yet still helps her escape her birth family.

She thinks he's a powerful figure she can rely on, but by their second meeting, he has already noticed that she's afraid of giving herself away. Liu Yinghua knows she can't depend on him.

At their third meeting, the handsome, cold-faced man lounges in her carriage, his long sword at her throat. With the sharp eyes of a wolf who sees through everything, he says:

"It doesn't matter who the Empress Dowager is. If I make you the Empress Dowager, then that's what you are. If I don't, you'll die beneath my sword, even if you're a virtuous lady."

"Keep an eye on the new emperor and uncover the secrets behind the short lives of emperors throughout history."

To survive in this era, Liu Yinghua finds herself beset on all sides. She uses her preschool-teacher skills to fit in with the children in a harem where the average age is ten, and takes control of what's happening in the palace.

When the concubines fight over a man, give them something novel and they'll make up. When rival families infiltrate the palace to compete for favor, well, she has the regent backing her. When life in ancient times gets boring, she promotes the intangible cultural heritage of velvet flower-making, using these skills to infiltrate the enemy's ranks.

She uses the traditional velvet flower-making techniques she learned in modern times to open shops far and wide, ensuring she can establish herself in the palace's undercurrents. That bastard of a regent becomes a sharp blade she can wield from the shadows.

But on the eve of the new emperor's nineteenth birthday, he suddenly takes to his bed, and she is forced to reveal herself after being kidnapped by villains. In the space of a day, the situation changes completely...

Reader's guide:

The heroine seems gentle and easy to bully, but is actually a perceptive, patient green bamboo viper.

The hero seems like a cold-faced King of Hell, but is actually an exceptionally loyal and useful ally.

A fictional setting, one-on-one romance, both leads' first relationship, happy ending. The romance-to-politics ratio is 6:4, with a little palace intrigue. The focus: a palace intrigue story centered on children.

Theme: Transmigrate to ancient times, use modern intangible cultural heritage skills to live a wonderful life, and find love.