The Empress Dowager's Laid-Back Nature Is Exposed

Up next: "The Rich Family Contrast Group Refuses to Lose." Scroll down to see the blurb. Please add it to your collection to show your support! - In the years since Wen Xi transmigrated to the Great Zhao, she had been forced to join the fierce ranks of the palace intrigues and build a career, just to survive in the man-eating imperial palace. Fortunately, she was lucky. When she turned twenty-eight, her scumbag emperor husband died, her son ascended the throne, and the newly promoted Empress Dowager Wen could hardly keep from laughing in her sleep. Wonderful! At last, she could lie flat and enjoy life! And so the Empress Dowager Wen, who had just reached the pinnacle of her life, unexpectedly revealed her true, lazy nature... Empress Dowager Wen: I don't want to rule from behind the curtain. This is so hard! I don't want to manage the entire harem. What a hassle! I'm still so young. Maybe I should have a sweet romance first. The newly crowned top scholar is a refined gentleman, gentle as jade; the Great General Who Guards the Nation is dashing and upright... How am I supposed to choose? ...Ah, forget it. Dating is exhausting. I'll just lie flat. A certain treacherous minister, who was just about to make his move in secret, gritted his teeth... [Male Lead's Perspective] He had suffered from an early age, born into a world of filth and darkness, yet he had looked up and yearned for the girl with a sunny smile beneath the apricot and pear trees in spring. Later, she entered the palace and became empress, and the gulf between them was as wide as heaven and earth. He buried his longing in his heart and climbed step by step through a storm of blood and violence, scaling a path of thorns. He held the power of life and death, dominated the court, and rose to the highest position beneath the emperor, all just to stand a little closer to her. She was his secret, feverish dream. He had wanted to protect her and give her a lifetime of joy and peace, to live and die for her, and to share in all her happiness and anger. But one day, the emperor died... [Little Scene] One day, Empress Dowager Wen happened upon a stunning, floor-length dress made of silkworm silk and embroidered with flowers. But a stiff-necked minister criticized her: The Empress Dowager ought to be a model of feminine virtue. A widow should not wear such bright, attention-catching clothes. Empress Dowager Wen: Hah! Get lost! A year later, that minister died unexpectedly. Then, to everyone's horror, they discovered that his surviving wife and eight concubines had all remarried, thanks to a certain treacherous minister playing matchmaker... Reading Guide: 1. The male lead is secretly, hopelessly in love with the female lead. 2. The male lead focuses on helping the female lead build her career, while the female lead focuses on lying flat. 3. The son is the biological child of the female lead and the emperor. The female lead was married before and has a child. The male lead is a virgin. Readers who mind should choose whether to read accordingly. Next up: "The Rich Family Contrast Group Absolutely Refuses to Lose" Chen Heyan married into a wealthy family right after graduating and began living the enviable life of a rich wife. Her husband, the heir to the family fortune, was busy and rarely spent time with her, but he never chased after other women. Chen Heyan thought this life was pretty good. Until she tripped at her brother-in-law's engagement banquet. When she woke up, she discovered that this world was actually a novel, and she was the troublesome female supporting character. The hero and heroine were her husband's younger brother and his wife. She and her husband existed solely to serve as a negative contrast to the hero and heroine. The heroine had the script of a sweet romance about life in a wealthy family. She was a top star in the entertainment industry, born into a distinguished family, and after falling in love with the hero, the two powerful families joined together through marriage. Her in-laws doted on her, her fans gave them their blessings, and the couple was loving and happy. Meanwhile, she had married above her station despite her ordinary background and narrow horizons. She had no job, her mother-in-law only cared about whether she had conceived an heir, and her taciturn husband had no idea how to show affection. All he did was give her money and buy her bags. Everyone outside the family was waiting to laugh when she got dumped. The Qin family's two daughters-in-law made such a striking contrast. After the hero and heroine married, she would become jealous and constantly compete with and oppose the heroine. The hero and heroine would repeatedly face-slap her. She would cause trouble everywhere, eventually leading to her husband's accidental death. After the hero inherited the family business, he would throw her out of the wealthy family, leaving her with a tragic fate. Chen Heyan: How does that make any sense? Fine, let's get to work! Losing isn't an option. Top star Jiang Xin and her wealthy husband appeared on the couples' romance reality show "Sweet Marriage." When Jiang Xin visited her husband's family, the cameras occasionally caught a glimpse of her brother- and sister-in-law. Halfway through the show, trending topics took over the internet: #Another day of peering through a crack in the screen to scavenge crumbs of the brother-and-sister-in-law's romance# #I wasn't even paying attention to Jiang Xin and her husband. I was rewinding the corner with a magnifying glass to watch the big sister-in-law beat up the big brother. What kind of heavenly romance is this rich couple living?# #A thousand requests on bended knee for the show to invite the brother and sister-in-law as guests for season two# #Starting today, I'm a die-hard CP fan of the brother-and-sister-in-law. Sisters, keep your eyes on this couple and ship them till the end of time!# [Male Lead's Perspective] He had always been taciturn, not good with words or expressing himself. He had simply never told his wife that there was a man who had fallen for her as a boy, just as he was beginning to understand love. From then on, he loved her with all his heart. Theme: Everyone is the protagonist of their own story