If I Can't Be the Princess's Husband, I Can Still Be the Empress

Qin Wan had disguised herself as a boy since childhood. As the Qin family's only heir, she had to study hard to pass the imperial exams and keep her family afloat.

A year later, after the palace examination, the bad news was that she had failed. The worse news was that the emperor, taken by her fair, handsome face and her delicate, meek, easy-to-bully appearance, had decided to marry her off to a princess no one else would take!

On her wedding night, Qin Wan stared despairingly at the princess before her, beautiful as a celestial maiden and cold as frost. She racked her brains, trying to figure out how to avoid consummating the marriage and getting her entire family executed...

But the princess had already cornered her by the bed, her gaze icy.

Feeling a hand slip beneath her clothes, Qin Wan realized she could no longer keep up the act. She burst into tears and had no choice but to come clean. "Your Highness, I'm actually a woman. We can't do this!"

The princess gave a strange little smile, her voice changing as she said, "How do you know we can't unless we try?"

???!!!

Later, Qin Wan touched the phoenix throne beneath her and could only console herself: She might not be able to become a princess's consort, but she could still become empress!

A seemingly meek and vulnerable heroine who disguises herself as a man x a cool, beautiful male lead who is a cross-dressing master

(11.5)

Theme: Love