The Phoenix Takes Flight

After Lu Changli was promoted to the post of Secretary in the Central Secretariat, he joked with his beloved wife, A Luan, in his study: “If I want to enter the cabinet and become a chancellor one day, it's not enough to be learned, efficient, and fair in handling affairs. I also need the emperor's trust. To earn the emperor's trust, one cannot be perfect in every way. One must have a tiny flaw, like a flawless jade with a small blemish, without compromising its purity. How difficult that is.”

A Luan smiled and said, “What's so difficult about that? A husband need only dote on his wife until he fears her.”

Lu Changli clasped his hands and laughed. “Excellent!”

Neither of them expected that this fear would earn him a place in the annals of history!

Reader's guide:

1. The heroine is very overpowered, extremely overpowered, ridiculously overpowered.

2. The hero, all the supporting characters, and the plot itself all serve the first point unconditionally.

Pits the author will fill in the future when inspiration runs dry:

Theme: A happy life isn't taken from others. It's something you create for yourself.