Princess, Why Not Take Up the Hooked Spear?

Please add my new story, After My Death, I Became the Beloved First Love of My Ministers, to your reading list.

In the twenty-third year of the Taiyuan era, two strange events shook the capital.

The first was earth-shattering:

The arrogant, overbearing Princess Jing'an, who wielded power through influence and intrigue, led her troops into the palace, killed the crown prince, bathed the imperial palace in blood, and snatched the imperial seal from the emperor.

The second was incomprehensible:

The commander of the troops in this coup was none other than Prince Consort Xie, who had once vowed he would never bow and scrape to serve the princess.

The handsome Seventeenth Young Master of the Xie family had been chosen at first sight by the princess and forced into her residence. After finally getting his wish and divorcing her, he returned three years later, covered in military glory, and volunteered to enter the rear courtyard of the princess's residence, happy to be one of her three thousand beauties.

Also known as The Domineering Princess Falls in Love with Me, What It's Like to Go from Prince Consort to Kept Lover After Looking for Trouble, and The Good Dog Behind a Successful Woman

When the princess goes out at night, he carries her lantern.

When the princess kills, he hands her the knife.

When the princess defies the Mandate of Heaven and ascends the throne, drawing the ire of the masses,

he brings soldiers to the palace with his blade in hand, forcing the court officials to bow,

and leads the cry:

"Long live Your Majesty!"

#An ambitious, domineering princess X a fierce yet obedient wolfdog of a prince consort#

New story: After My Death, I Became the Beloved First Love of My Ministers

Zhao Jue was the emperor of the Great Liang dynasty. She ascended the throne as a woman, ruthlessly eliminated her enemies, won the submission of the officials, and filled her harem with three thousand beauties.

Unfortunately, overwork led to her sudden death.

When she opened her eyes again, the once-mighty empress had been reborn as a frail member of the imperial clan. She discovered that only half a year had passed since her death, yet the capital was in chaos. Rebels had stormed the imperial city and nearly brought the dynasty to ruin.

The rebels seized power by placing the new emperor under their control, and Zhao Jue was chosen as their puppet and enthroned once more.

She swore to kill the traitors with her own hands and reclaim her realm.

While Zhao Jue was absorbed in her career-driven script, she had no idea that everyone around her was playing out a romance:

First, rebel Qin Qianchi, once the greatest general under the empress. He had once prostrated himself at her feet, placed his military seal in her palm, and asked to enter the palace. The empress ordered him to guard the border for ten years before he could lay down his arms and return to the capital.

But when he reached his tenth year of guarding the border, he received the shocking news that the empress had died. He slaughtered his way back to the capital like a madman. He would kill everyone in the world who had wronged her, then join her in the underworld and keep his promise to meet her again.

Second, Chancellor Li Zhaoyu, the empress's most trusted minister. When she died, he lost heart, resigned from office, and withdrew to the Southern Mountain.

Day and night, he prayed before the Buddha: If there is another life, let her be born into the imperial family again, so she can achieve the grand ambitions left unfinished in this life. He didn't dare hope to serve her as her subject again. He only wished to stay by her side forever in the imperial mausoleum at the Southern Mountain.

Third, imperial consort Zheng Xiuzhu, a Hanlin Academy scholar-in-waiting. After the new emperor took the throne, he was appointed imperial consort because of his exceptional beauty.

The new emperor was neither warm nor cold toward him, and he couldn't read her. Though he had always been proud of a scholar's integrity, he decided to put his pride aside and tempt her with his looks.

Fourth, female official Xie Lanting, once the empress's trusted confidante. After helping the new emperor take the throne, she devoted herself to writing a biography and history of the previous emperor.

A woman emperor's history should not be written by men. She would fulfill the late emperor's final wish and ensure that the great empress would be remembered throughout history.

Premise: Women are every bit as capable as men