1. A queen who puts profit first * a gentle, motherly imperial physician
2. The story of a queen conquering the realm: her struggle to rule, growing along the way and finding love, with a clash between black and white... There are plenty of other ways to describe it.
3. A serious drama, focused mainly on her career. There may be less sweet romance than you expect.
4. A strong female lead.
5. The female lead puts profit first, stops at nothing, and isn't bound by morality. A heads-up: this may make you uncomfortable or leave you disagreeing with her.
6. The male lead cares about the world, values compassion and integrity, and has a very strong moral compass. Please don't hate on him.
7. The two have opposing ideals and often argue, but they aren't on opposing sides. No melodramatic tragic romance.
The queen sits astride her horse on a towering cliff, pointing her riding crop toward the capital of the enemy state in the distance. She turns to the gathered generals behind her and says, "This is the last piece of the Central Plains that hasn't fallen into my hands. Today, you will take it for your queen!"
The Queen's Quotes:
Useless people have no right to work for me!
This chaotic age belongs to beasts. Little lambs can't survive. They'll only be torn apart and devoured by others, leaving not a bone behind.
No one can hold me back except myself!
Nothing but profit can move me!
As long as I'm alive, I haven't reached a dead end. I will rise again and start over!
That's the queen...
It took me ages to come up with the title, and I've written several versions of the blurb without liking any of them...
Progress: I'm still working on the outline and haven't started writing yet. I don't know when I'll update. It might get pushed back by other projects, sorry. I'm putting it up now to make sure I follow through on my promise.
Theme: Striving
