Bao Zhang spent nineteen years as a country girl, then overnight she was hauled into the palace to become the emperor.
Besides having to take her emperor brother's place at court and keep an eye on the old ministers, she also has to deal with his deposed empress, who has become a nun. She's exhausted every day, and even her mother, the empress dowager, who should be dead tired from all this, still can't stand her. To make matters worse, one of her brother's childhood friends seems to have figured something out.
Dear brother I've never met, could you climb out of your coffin and let me lie down for a while?
An alternate Ming dynasty. Official titles and such follow those of the Great Ming.
Theme: From an inexperienced girl to someone who can stand on her own.